PM Shri Narendra Modi conferred with the highest national award of Kuwait

Kuwait presents highest national award to PM Modi; Amir says ‘you earned it’

His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait conferred upon Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi The Order of Mubarak Al- Kabeer, the highest national award of Kuwait. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait also graced the occasion.

PM Shri Narendra Modi conferred with the highest national award of Kuwait

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated the award to the long-standing friendship between India and Kuwait, to the Indian community in Kuwait and to the 1.4 billion people of India.

The conferment of the award on this historic visit of a Prime Minister of India to Kuwait after 43 years added a special meaning to the occasion.

The award was instituted in 1974 and has since been conferred on select global leaders.