On Monday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and PM Narendra Modi took a metro from New Delhi to Noida where they would be inaugurating the new plant set up by Samsung.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with South Korean President Moon Jae-in took a ride in Delhi Metro on Monday ahead of their visit to the Samsung plant in Noida.
Commoners were surprised to see the two leaders in the metro as they waved to them and even posed for selfies.
The South Korean President is on a three-day visit to India, having arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening.
He and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, were received by Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (retd) VK Singh.
South Korea has been playing a pivotal part in the making of Delhi Metro.
This is not the first time when Prime Minister Modi took a foreign dignitary on a metro ride.
In April last year, PM Modi took a ride in Delhi Metro with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull. Before that, French President Francois Hollande also boarded metro for a ride while on his visit to the country in 2016.
Before their metro ride, Prime Minister Modi and South Korean President visited Gandhi Smriti to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj met South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday.
Swaraj and President Moon shook hands with other officials and then held talks.
The South Korean President is currently on a three-day visit to India, having arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening.
He and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, were received by Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (retd) VK Singh.
On July 10, he will be accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
In the evening, President Moon will meet his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind, who will also host a banquet for the visiting dignitary and his delegation at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
On Sunday, President Moon paid a visit to the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in East Delhi.
This is President Moon's first-ever state visit to India after he took over as the President last year.
The South Korean President is leading a delegation comprising senior members of his cabinet, officials as well as industry captains.
A number of agreements are likely to be signed during the visit.
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