00:00And more news coming in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Order of Oman.
00:11The Prime Minister received the award during his ongoing two-day visit to Oman.
00:15Sultan Hytam bin Tariq Al-Sahid conferred the Order of Oman upon the Prime Minister
00:20receiving the award during his ongoing two-day visit to Oman.
00:24This is the final leg of his three-nation tour that included Jordan and Ethiopia.
00:33The Prime Minister on Thursday was conferred with the Order of Oman,
00:37the Sultanate's uniquely distinct civilian honour by the Sultan Hytam bin Tariq
00:43for his contributions to strengthening bilateral ties.
00:47The Prime Minister received the award during his ongoing two-day visit to Oman,
00:50the final leg of his three-nation tour that included Jordan and Ethiopia.
00:56And this, remember, is a day after Ethiopia's top honour was conferred to the Prime Minister.
01:03Pranay is getting in more details on that story.
01:06Pranay, this comes just a day after the Prime Minister was conferred with the highest civilian honour of Ethiopia.
01:12Now he gets Oman's highest award.
01:18Absolutely, Prime Minister Nareem Modi has just received the first class of the Order of Oman,
01:22which is the highest civilian order of Oman.
01:25And this is the 29th highest civilian award he has received from,
01:30and you know that he received the highest civilian order of Ethiopia as well.
01:34And many countries have afforded the civilian order to Prime Minister Nareem Modi.
01:39And if you see the Order of Oman award, this is a very prestigious civilian award of Oman.
01:46And if you see the past recipients of this award, Queen Elizabeth, Emperor Akito, Nelson Mandela,
01:51and even King Abdullah of Jordan were the past recipients of this award.
01:55So definitely, this is not only in terms of the recognition and effort of Prime Minister Nareem Modi
02:00for building the strategic partnership with Oman.
02:04But this is also an evidence of how much importance Oman attaches to India.
02:11In fact, in the Gulf region, if you see Seha, India is the oldest strategic partner for Oman.
02:17India and Oman have just concluded their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement,
02:22which is the second bilateral trade agreement or Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Oman
02:28has entered in any other country.
02:29So this clearly shows not only the importance of India,
02:33but also the importance of the leader of India.
02:37We'll leave it at that for the moment.
02:39Are they getting in those details and putting that into perspective?
02:43This really is the latest addition to the Prime Minister's distinguished list
02:47of over 28 highest civilian awards from foreign nations.
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