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PM Modi's foreign tour International

Two more countries conferred the highest

civilian honour on PM Narendra Modi.

During his three-nation tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the highest civilian
award in both Fiji and Papua New Guinea. At a special ceremony at Government House,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was named Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu by
Papua New Guinea's Governor-General, Sir Bob Dade. Prime Minister Rabuka, on behalf of
Fiji's President Ratu William Mawalili Katonivero, conferred Prime Minister Narendra Modi with
'The Companion of the Order of Fiji,' the Republic of Fiji's highest honour. PM Modi dedicated
this award to the people of India and generations of the Fiji-Indian community who have
contributed significantly to the establishment of a special relationship.

Major awards given to PM Modi prior to this

2016: PM Modi is the first non-Muslim to be awarded Saudi Arabia's highest honour
2016: Awarded the highest civilian honour in Afghanistan
2018: The first person from outside Palestine to receive the highest honour there
2019: Received the highest civilian honour of the United Arab Emirates

2019: Received the highest civilian honour in Russia
2019: The Maldives honoured PM Modi. The biggest honour that a person can get outside the country
2019: Received the highest honour of Bahrain. This is the highest honour for the Gulf countries
2020: Honoured for excellent services and achievements by America

2021: Honoured with the highest civilian honour by Bhutan
Recognition received from organisations and foundations
2018: PM Modi received the Seoul Peace Prize in 2018 for his efforts to promote peace on a
national and international scale.

2018: Received the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the 'Champion
of the Earth' award.

2019: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
2021: Energy and Environment Leadership Award from Cambridge Energy Research Associates

environment, including animals, plants, and the programme demonstrates both the strengthening
environment. Only when the entire environment is of India-Australia relations and the strengthening
healthy can we be healthy. of India's global identity. The Prime Minister of
Australia not only praised PM Modi, but also publicly
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "The referred to him as 'The Boss' among Australians and
Boss": Anthony Albanese overseas Indians. Apart from the thousands of NRIs
present, crores of people in the country felt proud
Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, after hearing this word.
accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a Prime Minister Modi and Australia's Prime
grand community event in Sydney, Australia, and Minister laid a foundation for Little India. Little India
extended Prime Minister Modi a warm welcome. acknowledges the Indian community's contribution
The participation of Prime Minister Albanese in the to Australia's development. PM Modi stated that the

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