'Officer of the Order of the Star': PM Modi receives Ghana's top state honour

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (local time) was conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’ and said that this honour is simply a responsibility, to support moving towards a stronger India-Ghana friendship.

In his acceptance speech, Modi said the grant was a substance of large pridefulness and honour for him and dedicated it to the aspirations and agleam aboriginal of the younker of the 2 countries, the humanities ties betwixt Ghana and India, and their affluent taste traditions and diversity.In a station connected X, PM Modi said, "I convey the radical and Government of Ghana for conferring ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’ upon me. This honour is dedicated to the agleam aboriginal of our youth, their aspirations, our affluent taste diverseness and the humanities ties betwixt India and Ghana."Ghana President John Mahama presented the award.

"This honour is besides a responsibility; to support moving towards stronger India-Ghana friendship. India volition ever basal with the radical of Ghana and proceed to lend arsenic a trusted person and improvement partner," helium added. The grant was presented during PM Modi's sojourn to Ghana, the archetypal by an Indian Prime Minister successful much than 30 years. BJP IT compartment main Amit Malviya said that PM Modi has been conferred with 24 planetary awards including the countries from Palestine and Russia.

"This prestigious designation reflects not lone PM Modi’s planetary enactment but besides India’s rising stature connected the satellite signifier nether his visionary guidance," Malviya said successful a station connected X.The grant was conferred connected the premier curate successful designation of his "distinguished statesmanship and influential planetary leadership," the MEA said successful a property release.Thanking the radical and authorities of Ghana for the peculiar gesture, the premier curate noted that the "shared antiauthoritarian values and traditions of the 2 countries would proceed to nurture the partnership".He said the grant "further deepens the relationship betwixt the 2 countries and places caller work connected him to clasp and beforehand bilateral ties."