Prime Minister Narendra Modi as we speak obtained Egypt’s highest state honour, ‘Order of the Nile’, from Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. That is the thirteenth such highest state honour that varied international locations internationally have conferred upon PM Modi.
Earlier as we speak, PM Modi visited Egypt’s historic eleventh century al-Hakim Mosque and the Heliopolis Commonwealth Warfare Cemetery in Cairo. PM Modi additionally held talks with the Egypt President, who had invited him to go to the nation. That is the primary bilateral go to by an Indian Prime Minister to Egypt in 26 years.
El-Sisi can be scheduled to journey to India in September for the G-20 Summit the place Egypt has been invited as a particular visitor.
On the Imam al-Hakim bi Amr Allah Mosque, an almost 1,000-year-old construction within the coronary heart of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the Prime Minister was seen appreciating the intricate carved inscriptions on the partitions and doorways of the mosque.
The mosque, which covers an space of 13,560 sq. metres, was rebuilt with the assistance of India’s Dawoodi Bohra group. The group originated from the Fatimids. They renovated the mosque from 1970 onwards and have been sustaining it since then.
“The Prime Minister has a really shut attachment to the Bohra group who’ve additionally been in Gujarat for a few years,” India’s Ambassador to Egypt Ajit Gupte stated.
On the Heliopolis Warfare Cemetry, PM Modi paid tributes to the Indian troopers who died throughout the First World Warfare.
The memorial commemorates practically 4,000 Indian troopers who died combating in Egypt and Palestine within the First World Warfare.
