NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday was conferred with Russia‘s highest civilian honour, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a significant diplomatic gesture.
” “I am heartily grateful to you for conferring me with the highest civilian honour of Russia. This isn’t just my honour, this is an honour of 140 crore Indians.This is an honour of the old and deep friendship and mutual trust between India and Russia,” PM Modi said in a post on X after receiving the award at a ceremony in Moscow.
” “I am heartily grateful to you for conferring me with the highest civilian honour of Russia. This isn’t just my honour, this is an honour of 140 crore Indians.This is an honour of the old and deep friendship and mutual trust between India and Russia,” PM Modi said in a post on X after receiving the award at a ceremony in Moscow.
The PM received the award for exceptional services in promoting bilateral ties between the two countries.
The Order was established in 1698 by Tsar Peter the Great, in honour of Saint Andrew, the first apostle of Jesus and patron saint of Russia. It is only awarded for the most outstanding civilian or military merit.
