NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro will be the chief guest at this year's Republic Day Parade on Jan. 26 in New Delhi, and he will arrive on a four-day state visit on Jan. 24, announced the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday.
The Brazilian president's India visit would be at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This would be Bolsonaro's first state visit to India.
India will hold the 71st Republic Day Parade this year. As per the set custom, various tableaux depicting India's art, culture, science and technology and military might are displayed in a march-past at the historic "Rajpath", a road in central Delhi connecting the President's House to the India Gate.
President Bolsonaro will be accompanied by seven ministers, chairman of the Brazil-India Friendship Group in the Brazilian Parliament, senior officials and a large business delegation.
Earlier, India hosted the Brazilian president as the chief guest for the Republic Day Parade in 1996 and 2004, said the ministry's statement.
