New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- President of the European Council, António Luis Santos da Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will be chief guests during the official Republic Day 2026 parade at Kartavya Path on Monday.

Ursula von der Leyen arrived in New Delhi on her State Visit to India on 24 January afternoon. She was received by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X.

António Costa will arrive in New Delhi on 25 January. The two are scheduled to be India till 27 January.

Apart from the Republic Day event, the two presidents will represent the EU in the 16th EU-India Summit, schedu...