“We have been sharing our knowledge and expertise for thousands of years,” he said.
Vienna:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India has given ‘Buddha’ to the world, and not ‘Yuddha’ (war), which means the country has always given peace and prosperity, and therefore the country is going to strengthen its role in the 21st century .
In his address to the Indian community in Vienna, Prime Minister Modi also said that India aspires to be the best and brightest, to achieve the biggest and achieve the highest milestones.
“We have shared our knowledge and expertise for thousands of years. We have not given ‘Yuddha’ (war), we have given the world ‘Buddha’. India has always given peace and prosperity, and that is why India is going to strengthen its country. role in the 21st century,” Prime Minister Modi said in Austria, a day after arriving here from Moscow, where he stressed the importance of finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine during his talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Modi described his first visit to Austria as “meaningful” and said that after 41 years, an Indian Prime Minister has visited the country.
“This long wait has come to an end on a historic occasion. India and Austria are celebrating 75 years of friendship,” he said.
“India and Austria are geographically on two different sides, but we have many similarities. Democracy connects both countries. Our shared values are freedom, equality, pluralism and respect for the rule of law. Our societies are multicultural and multilingual. Both countries celebrate diversity and a great medium to reflect these values is elections,” he said, amid chants of ‘Modi, Modi’.
Recalling the recently concluded general elections, Prime Minister Modi said that 650 million people exercised their right to vote and despite such a big election, the election results were declared within hours.
“It is the power of our electoral system and our democracy,” he said.
More than 31,000 Indians live in Austria. According to the Indian embassy here, the number of Indian students in the country is over 450.
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