The year 2025 is at its end. This year has been very challenging for India. This year, India has been embroiled in many other issues including terrorist attacks, military conflict with Pakistan, tariff dispute with America, but during this period the country has also strengthened its foreign policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a total of 23 foreign tours this year and during this he kept Indian interests at the forefront.
PM Modi started his foreign trip with a visit to France in the month of February 2025 and at the end of the year he visited Oman, where the grand and special welcome given to PM Modi showed India’s global prestige. Today we are going to tell about those 23 foreign tours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which further increased the importance and prestige of India at the global level. Also strengthened India’s foreign policy.
India’s foreign policy got strengthened by PM Modi’s foreign tour-
11-12 February: PM Modi attended the France AI Summit with President Emmanuel Macron. Told the world about India’s AI mission. India will organize AI summit in 2026. Relations between India and France deepened further. Now India will host the President of France.
12-13 February: Visiting America, President Trump welcomed PM Modi at the White House. Agreement was reached between the two countries on many important issues. After coming to power, Trump invited PM Modi to the White House. During this period, a new initiative US-India COMPACT was started. Mission-500 on bilateral trade i.e. a target of bilateral trade of 500 billion dollars by the year 2030 was set. BTA (trade agreement) was also discussed between the two leaders. Discussions were also held on India Middle East Europe Corridor and I2U2. During this time, approval was also given for extradition of Tahawwur Rana.
11-12 March: PM Modi’s state visit to Mauritius. PM Modi was the chief guest on the National Day of Mauritius. Mauritius is important for India’s vision SAGAR.
3-4 April: PM Modi’s visit to Thailand for BIMSTEC summit. Thailand-India bilateral relations were also discussed with the Thai PM. It is also being considered an important part of India’s Act East policy.
4-6 April: PM Modi on state visit to Sri Lanka. This was PM Modi’s first visit to Sri Lanka after the formation of the new government in Sri Lanka. In the time of crisis, India stood with Sri Lanka and played the role of first responders. This tour is being seen as Neighborhood First Policy.
22 April: PM Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia on the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince. This visit testifies to India’s strong relations with the Gulf countries. During this, the General Secretary of Muslim World League also met PM Modi. Held a meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council (SPC) with the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince also condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack, PM Modi left his tour midway and came to India and held continuous high level meetings after the Pahalgam attack.
15-16 June: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official visit to Cyprus. This was the first visit to Cyprus by an Indian Prime Minister in the last two decades. This was a very important visit from the point of view of the Mediterranean region. This was a very important visit from the point of view of relations with a country where no PM has visited for decades. Cyprus strongly condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
16-17 June: Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to Canada after the sour relations between India and Canada during Justin Trudeau’s regime. ATTENDED THE G7 SUMMIT IN KANANASKIS. This visit was done on the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. During this, an agreement was reached on the re-deployment of the High Commissioner of India and Canada. There was also discussion regarding EPTA (Early Progress Trade Agreement). Relations between the two countries seemed to be back on track once again. During this visit, PM Modi and Trump had a long conversation on phone.
18th June: This was the first visit to Croatia by any Indian Prime Minister. This proved to be a major milestone in the relations between the two countries. The visit can be considered as a reflection of India’s commitment to maintaining dialogue, negotiation and mail-meeting with its European Union partners.
2-3 July: This was the first visit to Ghana by an Indian Prime Minister in the last three decades. The relationship between India and Ghana was transformed into a comprehensive strategic relationship. Ghana honored Prime Minister Modi with its national honor ‘Officer of the order of the star of Ghana’. PM Modi also addressed the Parliament of Ghana.
3-4 July: PM Modi’s official visit to Trinidad and Tobago. This was the first visit of an Indian PM after 1999. During this, PM Modi also addressed the joint parliament session of Trinidad. Issues of the Global South were also discussed. India is a strong voice for the countries of the Global South. PM Modi was honored with ‘The order of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago’, the highest national award of Trinidad and Tobago.
4-5 July: PM Modi’s official visit to Argentina. PM Modi held a bilateral meeting with President Milley. During this visit, discussions were held on further strengthening the bilateral relations between India and Argentina. This was the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Argentina in 57 years. There were also talks between the two leaders on the expansion of India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement. Argentina condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
5-8 July: PM Modi visited Brazil. During this, PM Modi participated in the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro city. BRICS countries condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the special thing is that China is also a part of BRICS. After Rio de Janeiro, PM Modi reached Brazil’s capital Brazil, where his state tour began. Many important agreements were signed between the two countries. During this, the PM was given a grand welcome. A target was set to increase the bilateral trade between the two countries to 20 billion US dollars in the next five years.
9 July: PM Modi arrived on a state visit to Namibia. This was the third Prime Minister level visit from India. This was PM Modi’s first visit to Namibia. Also addressed the Parliament of Namibia. Namibia honored PM Modi with the highest award ‘Order the most ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis’.
23-24 July: PM Modi’s official visit to UK. During this, there was a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of UK. During this the PM met King Charles III. India UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was announced between India and UK. This can be considered a big decision. Both the leaders accepted India UK Vision 2035.
25-26 July: Prime Minister Modi paid a state visit to Maldives. During this, PM Modi was the chief guest at the National Day celebrations of Maldives. The President of Maldives had to understand the strength of India and was forced to move forward with India. This has been a huge diplomatic victory for India, because Moijju, who raised the slogan of India Out, had to accept the pressure of the people of Maldives and go along with India.
29-30 August: PM Modi visited Japan. During this, there was a bilateral meeting between PM Modi and the PM of Japan. Participated in the 15th India-Japan Summit.
31 August-1 September: PM Modi visited China for the first time since 2018. Attended the SCO meeting on the invitation of President Xi Jinping. During this period, his car journey with Russian President Putin became quite popular. A new beginning was seen in the relations between India and China. It was agreed to start direct air travel between the two countries. PM Modi stressed the importance of peace and stability in the border areas. There were also discussions on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and tourist visa. PM Modi invited the Chinese President for the BRICS summit in the year 2026.
11-12 November: PM Modi visited Bhutan. During this time he met the King of Bhutan. Inaugurated many important projects. During the speech of this tour, PM Modi expressed grief over the terrorist attack in Delhi and said that we will get to the bottom of the conspirators of this attack.
21-23 November: PM Modi visited South Africa. PM Modi participated in the G20 summit. Had bilateral meetings with many heads of state.
15-16 December: PM Modi visited Jordan. PM Modi had a bilateral meeting with the King of Jordan. This visit of PM Modi is considered very important in terms of regional diplomacy and strategy.
16-17 December: PM Modi visited Ethiopia. Ethiopia honored PM Modi with the highest award. PM Modi was honored with ‘Great Honor Nishan of Ethiopia’. During this period, relations between the two countries were given the status of strategic partnership.
17-18 December: PM Modi visited Oman. Met the Sultan of Oman and FTA (CEPA) was announced between the two countries. PM Modi addressed the people of Indian origin. India’s relations with the Gulf countries can be seen becoming stronger.
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