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Puri, Sidhu to receive Canadian PM at Amritsar airport
Published : Feb 21, 2018, 10:53 am IST
Updated : Feb 21, 2018, 10:53 am IST
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Chandigarh: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu will receive Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport in Amritsar tomorrow.

Later on, Sidhu would also accompany the Canadian premier on a visit to the Golden Temple and the Partition Museum, said an official spokesman.


On the directions of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Sidhu would receive the Canadian prime minister at both the places, he said.

At the airport, Sidhu would be accompanied by the Commissioner of Police S S Srivastva and Deputy Commissioner Kamaldeep Singh Sangha.

At the Golden Temple, the visiting dignitary would be accompanied by Puri, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Sidhu, Punjab's cultural affairs and tourism minister.

At the Partition Museum, Lok Sabha MP from Amritsar Gurjeet Singh Aujla would accompany Sidhu.

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The spokesman said the Punjab Government accords full importance to the ties it has with the Government of Canada and is committed wholeheartedly to further strengthen the mutual co-operation between the two governments.

Trudeau will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, tomorrow.

The Canadian prime minister is on week-long visit to India. Trudeau is accompanied by wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and three children -Ella-Grace, Xavier and Hadrien.  PTI

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