<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa will be on a two-day visit to India from today.<br />'' <br />'' He will attend the second meeting of the Organising Committee on the celebrations for the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.<br />'' <br />'' The Organising Committee meeting will be presided over by President Ram Nath Kovind.<br />'' <br />'' The Portuguese Prime Minister is also scheduled to hold official talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow afternoon.<br />'' <br />'' This will be the third official meeting between the two leaders in a span of 3 years.<br />'' <br />'' They have met on the sidelines of various multilateral events. This visit will be Mr Costa's first bilateral visit outside Europe after being re-elected as Prime Minister on 6th of October.<br />'' <br />'' Our correspondent reports that the high-level political exchanges between India and Portugal have imparted a robust momentum to bilateral relations, including in several new areas such as science and technology, defence, startups, shipping, youth exchanges and culture.<br />'' <br />'' This visit will provide another opportunity for the leaders to review the whole gamut of bilateral relations and forge closer cooperation in areas of mutual interest.</span><br />''