Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded Ghana’s National Honor ‘Officer of the Star of Ghana “for his” prestigious governance skills and influential global leadership “.
Ghana President John Droni Mahama honored Prime Minister Modi with the award on Wednesday. The Prime Minister wrote on the social media forum ‘X’, “I am proud to be honored with the” The Officer of the Star of Ghana “.”
Modi accepted the honor and said that this award is a matter of great pride and honor for him. He said, “I accept this award politely on behalf of 140 crore Indians.”
He dedicated this honor to the aspirations of the youth of both countries and the bright future, historical relations between Ghana and India and their rich cultural traditions and diversity.
He said, “This honor also gives a responsibility and that responsibility is to work to strengthen India-Ghana friendship. India will always stand with the people of Ghana and will continue to contribute as a reliable friend and partner in development. ”
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a press release that the award has been given to the Prime Minister for his “prestigious governance skills and influential global leadership”. The Prime Minister thanked the people of Ghana and the government for this special honor and said, “Shared democratic values and traditions of both countries will continue to nurture this partnership.”
He said that the award “deepens friendship between the two countries and assigns them a new responsibility to pursue bilateral relations.” According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Modi expressed confidence that Ghana’s “historic” state journey would give a new momentum to India-Ghana relations.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal wrote on ‘X’, “This is a proof of deep and long-term relations between India-Ghana.” Earlier, the two countries expanded their relations to a comprehensive partnership level after a comprehensive talks between Modi and Mahama on Wednesday. This is Prime Minister Modi’s first bilateral visit to Ghana and this is the first Ghana visit of a Prime Minister of India in three decades.