India will host the five-day annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar on May 23.
This is the first time that AfDB is holding its annual meeting in India to bolster ties. The meeting, on May 22-26, is the largest event of the bank, which will witness about 3,000 delegates from 81 member countries converging at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre in the capital of Gujarat.
“Prime Minister will inaugurate the meeting. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will chair the meeting of board of governors. Besides, Minister of State for