Modi departs on three-nation tour

New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed early Wednesday for Brussels on a three-nation tour during the course of which he will attend the India-EU summit and the global nuclear security summit in the US.

On his daylong visit to Brussels on Wednesday, Modi will hold a bilateral summit with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and then attend the 13th India-European Union (EU) Summit.

On March 31, he will leave for Washington to attend the two-day Fourth Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by US President Barack Obama.

On his way back, he will drop in at Riyadh for a bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia on April 2-3.