Kolkata, Today, to attend Mother Teresa's canonisation ceremony and meet potential investors,Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee left for Italy on a week-long visit to Rome and Germany.

She is accompanying by 12-member official delegation and a group of industrialists.

She left Kolkata on an Emirates flight in the morning.

Banerjee took to twitter and said, "At the invitation of Missionaries of Charity, I am leaving for the holy Vatican City to participate in the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa. Mother was the mother of humanity. Her love for the ailing, the needy and the entire humanity was unbounded".

"Bengal is more proud as Mother lived and worked here and showered us with her abundant love and care. It is indeed a moment of great pride and honour. Bless us Mother, so that we can continue to serve the people," Mamata said.

Till September 5, the CM will stay in Italy where Rome's first woman mayor Virginia Raggi will host a special reception during her visit to Vatican City.

Banerjee will fly to Munich from Rome, where she will hold meetings with businessmen in the manufacturing sector.

It has been scheduled that Mamata will return to Kolkata on September 10.