MUMBAI: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives Mumbai on 3-day India visit; to pay tributes to 26/11 terror attacks victims.

On Wednesday, shortly after midnight, Guterres arrived in Mumbai after departing from London on a commercial aeroplane. Senior Maharashtra government officials welcomed him on his arrival. Later, he took a car to the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in south Mumbai, where he will pay respects to those lost in the terrorist attacks of November 26.

The Taj Mahal Palace hotel was one of the targets of the horrific 26/11 terror attacks that oook place in 2008.
Later in the day, before departing for Gujarat, Guterres will give a public speech at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, on the topic "India @75: UN-India Partnership: Strengthening South-South Cooperation."

It is his first trip to India since the start of his second term as president in January. In October 2018 during his first tenure in the position of power, he had previously travelled to the nation.

On October 20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) event in Gujarat's Kevadiya along with the UN secretary general.

He arrives in the nation more than a week before the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee meets in India for two days of discussions.

S. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, and Guterres would have private talks about world issues and ways to strengthen India's engagement with the UN, especially through the nation's future G20 chairmanship.

The MEA said, Guterres would likely lay floral tributes at the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya. He also plans to visit Modhera, Gujarat, which is home to the nation's first solar-powered hamlet, as well as other nearby development projects.

Before continuing on to his next location, the UN secretary-general will also visit the Sun Temple in Modhera, according to the MEA.

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