A great honourable event for India. On Sunday PM Modi arrived in Papua New Guinea on his visit to the country to host a key summit between India and 14 Pacific island countries to strengthen the relationship between the countries.
For his global leadership Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the highest honour of Fiji by its premier Sitiveni Rabuka. It is a rare honour for a non-Fijian.
"Big Honour for India Prime Minister Modi has been conferred the highest honour of Fiji by the PM of Fiji,' Companion of the Order 'of Fiji ."Only a handful of Non-Fijians have received this honour to date," the Prime Minister's Office said.
Prime Minister Modi dedicated the honour to the citizens of India and to the Fiji-Indian community, who have played a key role in enduring the bond between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Twitter.
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"Delighted to meet PM @slrabuka of Fiji. We had a great conversation on various topics. The relations between India and Fiji have stood the test of time. We look forward to working together to further cement it in the coming years," Prime Minister Modi said.
The event has made the citizens of India very proud. We all honoured as a citizen of a country and for our Prime Minister Narendra Modi ,for whom India got so much prestige and fame in the inter national borders.