 "No chief guest at Republic Day for two years in a row amid COVID surge, say sources")
New Delhi: This year there will be no foreign head of state or government as the chief guest for the Republic Day event, sources said on Wednesday.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic continuing and the cases rising, this would be the second year in a row when there would be no foreign leader as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
“This year there will not be a Foreign Head of State or Head of Government as the chief guest for our Republic Day event,” a source said.
There would be no foreign leader as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, but a day later Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on 27 January.
The summit will be held with the participation of the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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