Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Mauritius' highest civilian award, “The Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean,” by President Dharam Gokhool on Wednesday at a ceremony in the island nation.
Accepting the award, Modi said, “I express my heartfelt gratitude for being conferred the highest national award of Mauritius. This is not just my honour, it is the honour of 1.4 billion Indians. It is a tribute to the centuries old cultural and historical bonds of kinship between India and Mauritius. It is an acknowledgement of our said commitment to regional peace, progress, security and sustainable development. And it is a symbol of the shared hopes and aspirations of the global south.”
