PM Modi Receives 'Speaker Of The Knesset', First Indian PM To Be Conferred With Highest Honour Of Israel Parliament - VIDEO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the “Speaker of the Knesset” medal, the highest honour of Israel’s Parliament, recognising his role in strengthening India–Israel ties. He also became the first Indian PM to address the Knesset. Modi said he was born on the day India recognised Israel and will visit Yad Vashem on Thursday.
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Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday was conferred the "Speaker of the Knesset" by the Israel Parliament. It is the highest honour of the Israel Parliament. PM Modi is the first Indian PM to have received the honour.
PM Modi was awarded the medal in recognition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exceptional contribution to strengthening strategic ties between India and Israel.
Notably, in 2018, he was conferred the Grand Collar of the State of Palestine, the highest Palestinian award granted to foreign dignitaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday became the first Indian PM to address the Knesset.
With his address, PM Modi enters the list of world leaders who addressed the Knesset - several US presidents, including Donald Trump, late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, and Argentine President Javier Milei.
Highlighting the strength of India-Israel relations and noting a personal coincidence, he said he “was born on the day India formally recognised Israel.”
"Nine years ago, I had the good fortune to be the first PM of India to visit Israel, and I'm very happy to be here again, returning to a land to which I always felt drawn. After all, I was born on the same day that India formally recognised Israel, September 17, 1950," he added.
On Thursday, PM Modi will pay a visit to Yad Vashem at 12:15 pm, Israel’s official memorial, established in 1953, to commemorate the six million Jews killed by Nazis. PM Modi’s visit is expected to focus on bilateral ties between India and Israel.
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