Modi to tour US via Qatar from June 4

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is off on another diplomatic trip next week. It will see him going to Afghanistan on June 4 to inaugurate the Salma Dam, which has been built with Indian assistance. This will be his second meeting with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani in a few weeks, after signing a trilateral agreement on Chahbahar. He will also visit Qatar, which is India's largest source for natural gas. Modi will then stop over in Switzerland on June 6. On June 7-8, Modi will be in the US on his fourth visit to the country.