Modi gets rousing welcome in France |
On Saturday, Modi was awarded the Order of Zayed medal by the UAE`s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In Bahrain, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s talks with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his Bahraini counterpart Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, a joint statement was issued in which both India and Bahrain urged the international community to reject terrorism infrastructures and to cut off any kind of support to the terrorists. The two countries also signed MoUs on cultural exchange programme, space technology, solar energy. He also interacted with the Indian diaspora in Bahrain on Sunday. He then arrived in Biarritz from Manama to attend the G7 Summit held in France on Monday. PM Modi addressed sessions on environment, climate, oceans and digital transformation at the G7 Summit. Although India is not a member of the G7 group, PM Modi attended the G7 Summit as a special guest as he was personally invited by French President Emmanuel Macron. On the sidelines of the G7 Summit, PM Modi held meetings with his British counterpart Boris Johnson and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. During his meeting with his British counterpart, PM Modi discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas like trade, investment, defence and education.
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