January 11, 2017 1:59 AM

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Portuguese PM Costa on 2 day Goa visit from tomorrow '

<br/>Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa today arrived in Goa for a two-day trip beginning tomorrow. During the trip, he will visit his ancestral house and attend a host of events in the coastal state.<br/><br/>Costa landed at the airport at around 9.30 PM from where he left for his hotel, a senior Goa government official said.<br/><br/>The Portugese PM has several functions lined up during his visit to the state and he will visit his ancestral house.<br/><br/>Costa will pay a courtesy call to Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar at the residence of Consul General of Portugal in Goa located at Altinho in Panaji tomorrow.<br/><br/>Later he will meet Goa Governor Mridula Sinha at Raj Bhavan.<br/><br/>Costa would be visiting India's premier ocean research institute – National Institute of Oceanography – at Dona Paula on his way back from Raj Bhavan. The Portuguese PM is expected have lunch at a five star resort.<br/><br/>After that he would be opening a new centre for Portuguese language after which he would visit Institute Menezes Braganza building located in the city.<br/><br/>Costa would be given a tribute by the Goan Civil Society at Adil Shah Palace, which was Goa's erstwhile seat of governance.<br/>The 55-year-old PM would also be presented with a English translation of the book Sem Flores Nem Coroas written by his father Orlando Costa.<br/>He would then address a gathering during the event.<br/><br/>On January 12, the Prime Minister would be visiting a factory in Verna village and has several private functions.<br/><br/>He would be visiting his ancestral house in Margao town where he would be having his afternoon meal before leaving to visit Old Goa Churches and Mangeshi Temple in North Goa.<br/><br/>Costa will also be attending an event organised by Salgaoncar College of Law located near Panaji. He would also be given a reception by Indo-Portuguese community in a five star hotel near Panaji.'<br/><br/><br/>

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