Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a busy foreign travel schedule ahead

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a busy foreign travel schedule in coming months as he is slated to visit Bhutan, his first stop abroad and following that: Japan, Brazil and the US.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling to Bhutan later this month.

There was a request by the Japanese government for an early visit by Mr Modi to their country and India was working "very closely" with them to work on that request and the visit is most likely to take place in July 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may travel to Brazil for Summit of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) to be held in mid-July 2014

"We have received a specific date for the visit (from the US). We are now in contact with the US to work out mutually convenient date for Prime Minister to be in Washington for a Summit level meeting," the MEA Spokesperson said