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Mar 20, 2023, 5 tweets

In a departure from the usual formal meeting between two heads of government, Prime Minister @narendramodi and Prime Minister @kishida230 of Japan went for a stroll in Buddha Jayanti Park, New Delhi, Monday afternoon.
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PM Modi and PM Kishida stopped at a gol-gappa stall which had all the trappings of Delhi’s famous pani puris — including the ‘green pani’ and ‘imli chatni’.
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This what happened next.
PM Modi later said “My friend PM Fumio Kishida enjoyed the gol-gappas.”
He clearly did!
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Gol-gappas done, PM Modi and PM Ishida rounded off their afternoon out with chai pe charcha. The adrak wali chai was served in earthen kulhars.
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That was quite an afternoon, underscoring the special relationship between #India and #Japan .
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