<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with the highest honour of Fiji by its premier Sitiveni Rabuka in recognition of his global leadership, in a rare honour for a non-Fijian.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Modi arrived here in Papua New Guinea on Sunday on his maiden visit to the country to host a key summit between India and 14 Pacific island countries to boost bilateral ties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Indian premier had also met Rabuka on the sidelines of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) summit in Papua New Guinea.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Big Honour for India. Prime Minister Modi has been conferred the highest honour of Fiji by the PM of Fiji: Companion of the Order of Fiji in recognition of his global leadership. Only a handful of Non-Fijians have received this honour to date," the Prime Minister's Office said. PTI</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>