11 July,2016 08:52 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes at a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the University of Nairobi. He even planted saplings there
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes at a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the University of Nairobi.
Modi paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi statue at Nairobi was unveiled by then Indian Vice President S. Radhakrishnan in 1956.
The Prime Minister also planted the sapling of a tree next to the Mahatma Gandhi Wing of the university.
Nairobi is one of the four cities in the world where the UN has its offices, the others being New York, Geneva and Vienna.
The offices in Nairobi are the only ones in a developing country. The headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is among these offices.
India and Kenya on Monday signed seven agreements following bilateral discussions headed by Modi and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Prime Minister also addressed the students of the University of Nairobi.
Modi arrived in Kenya from Tanzania on Sunday on the final leg of his four-nation African tour.
