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PM Modi thanks Portuguese PM for writing article on I-Day

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15 Aug 2018 23:33 IST

Updated On 15 Aug 2018 23:34 IST

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PM Modi thanks Portuguese PM for writing article on I-Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa for penning down an article on the occasion of India’s 72^nd Independence Day.

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“I thank Mr. Antonio Costa, the Prime Minister of Portugal for penning a wonderful article on the occasion of India’s Independence Day, in one of Portugal’s leading newspapers,” Modi tweeted.

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Costa, who is of Indian origin, penned the article in Portuguese newspaper ‘Diario de Noticias’.

Goa was a Portuguese colony until 1961.

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