PM Modi visits Siemens Technical Academy in Berlin

Berlin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Siemens Technical Academy, in his first engagement after arriving in Berlin on Monday.

Modi arrived here from Hannover, where he jointly inaugurated the India pavilion at the Hannover Messe fair with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

He went around the technical academy and heard students as they explained their work there.

Modi is to also meet German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who is president of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the minister for economy and energy.

He will also visit a German railway station to study railway modernisation.

Modi will attend a community reception in the evening. On Tuesday, he is to hold talks with Merkel.