Miroslav Lajcak,President Elect for the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic will visit India on August 27.
During the visit, Lajcak will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hold talks with external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj during his two-day visit.
The 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly will commence from September 12.
In May,the UN General Assembly elected Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak to be the next president of the 193-member powerful body.
Lajcak, 54, was elected by acclamation as President of 72nd session of UN General Assembly.
Lajcak, who was one of the candidates last year for the position of UN Secretary General, will succeed Fijian diplomat Peter Thomson.
"Thank you @UN General Assembly 4 electing me the next @UN_PGA. Looking fwd to work w/all of you to make this world a better place to live in," Lajcak, Slovakia's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, tweeted following his election.
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