Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has met with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the start of a three-day state visit. The president was welcomed at the airport on Sunday afternoon by Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel, before being officially welcomed by the royal couple and a ride in a horse-drawn cortege through the streets of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, AP reported. Later, Mukherjee will meet Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, Stockholm city officials and lawmakers. He will visit the Nobel Institute and attend a banquet at the Royal Palace.
