Modi arrives in Sweden, 3 nation tour-Britain, Germany

Stockholm, April 17: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sweden on Monday evening to a warm welcome on the first leg of his three-nation tour of Europe that will also see him going to Britain and Germany.Breaking protocol, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven received Modi at the airport here with a warm handshake.This is the first prime ministerial visit from India to Sweden in 30 years after the visit of Rajiv Gandhi in 1988.On Tuesday, Modi will hold a bilateral summit with Lofven following which a number of agreements are expected to be signed.India and Sweden will on Tuesday also co-host the first ever India-Nordic Summit, where, apart from Modi and Lofven, the Prime Ministers of the other four Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway will also be present.