Manmohan Singh's Moments As A Statesman With Global Leaders: IN PICS

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greet each other after addressing a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Nov. 08, 2010.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2013

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with Russian president Vladimir Putin on his arrival at Air Force Station at Palam in New Delhi on Dec. 31, 2007

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Vice President Joe Biden at a toast for 'Indo-American' friendship at a luncheon in Washington on Nov. 25, 2009.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during the swearing-in-ceremony of Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a function in Johannesburg on October 2, 2006.

Tibetan Spiritual leader, Dalai Lama gestures during a meeting with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Sept. 22, 2014.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush share a light moment while posing for a photo at the G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany on Dec. 31, 2007.