India, May 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the third leg of his five-nation tour, on a two-day visit to Sweden scheduled for May 17 and 18.

Before the Prime Minister's plane landed in Gothenburg on Sunday, PM Modi's plane was escorted by Gripen fighter jets as the aircraft entered the Swedish airspace.

The Prime Minister is on a visit to Sweden at the invitation of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

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