New Delhi: Sending a strong signal to China, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday awarded the “Legion of Merit,” America’s highest military decoration, to three leaders of the “Quad” countries, including Prime Minister Narendra. Modi. The other two were Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Modi was awarded the award for his “steadfast leadership and vision of India’s emergence as a world power, and the exemplary contribution made by him in advancing the India-United States strategic partnership and promoting peace and peace. world prosperity. “
The award was received on behalf of the Prime Minister by the Indian Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Previously, in September, it had been awarded to the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Before that, the honor was last conferred almost decades ago, in 1991.
This comes at a time when President Trump has almost a month left in office, after which he will be succeeded by President-elect Joe Biden. It is a prestigious decoration awarded by the president, mainly to heads of state or government.
In a statement Tuesday, the MEA said: “The President of the United States of America presented the highest decoration, the Legion of Merit, Degree in Chief Commander, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 21, 2020. The award It is in recognition of the Prime Minister’s steadfast leadership and vision for India’s emergence as a world power, and the exemplary contribution he made to the advancement of the India-US strategic partnership.
The Legion of Merit, Commander-in-Chief of Grade, is a 215/16 inch heraldic domed five-pointed American white star plaque bordered with purplish red enamel circumscribing the diameter with 13 white stars on an emerging blue field of a circle of clouds; behind the star, a laurel wreath with outward-pointing pierced crossed arrows between each arm of the star and the crown ”. The reverse is engraved with the words “United States of America”.
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