PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met with Apple CEO Tim Cook ahead of the inauguration of the tech giant's first official store in the national capital on April 20.
"Thank you Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the warm welcome. We share your vision of the positive impact technology can make on India's future - from education and developers to manufacturing and the environment, we're committed to growing and investing across the country," Apple CEO Cook tweeted.
On the other hand, PM Modi termed the meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook a delight.
"An absolute delight to meet you, Tim Cook! Glad to exchange views on diverse topics and highlight the tech-powered transformations taking place in India," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted today.
Meanwhile, the Apple CEO is scheduled to meet Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as well.
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This was Tim Cook's first trip to India in seven years, the last being in 2016 when the tech giant was just beginning to scale up operations in the country.
After opening the first official store in Mumbai, Cook arrived in the national capital on the second leg of the visit on Wednesday. Ahead of the opening of the Apple store at Saket, he visited the mesmerising artistic lanes of the Lodhi Art District.
"Delhi's Lodhi Art District is a remarkable public space. Congratulations to the St+art India Foundation and so many amazing artists for capturing Indian life so powerfully. And thank you to Dattaraj Naik for showing me how you design your murals on iPad," 62-year-old Cook tweeted.
Cook will attend the opening of a second store in the capital Delhi on Thursday.
The new stores come at a time when Apple is trying to deepen its retail push in India, the world's second-largest smartphone market. India is also home to factories that produce 5 per cent of total iPhones as Apple diversifies its supply chains away from China.