New Delhi: Navy personnel wear the tricolor as they rehearse for the Beating Retreat ceremony, at Vijay Chowk, Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
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- Republic Day 2022 will not see foreign heads of state or government as the chief guest.
- This is the second year in a row that there will be no foreign leader.
- The development comes amid rising Covid cases in the country.
Sources said on Wednesday that this year there will be no foreign head of state or government as the chief guest of the Republic Day celebrations. Amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and rising cases, this will be the second year in a row that the Republic Day celebrations will not have a foreign leader as the chief guest.
“This year there will be no foreign head of state or head of government as the chief guest of our Republic Day celebrations,” a source said. There will 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 virtual format on January 27.
The summit will be held with the participation of the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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