PM Modi Conferred With France's Highest Honour, Has Private Dinner With Macron. In Pics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a red-carpet welcome as he arrived in Paris on a two-day visit. Here are some glimpses from his Day 1 in France.

PM Modi in France

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron for a private dinner at the Elysee Palace. (Image Source: @narendramodi)

PM Modi will join Macron for the French National Day celebrations or Bastille Day on Friday as the Guest of Honour. (Image Source: @narendramodi)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the highest honour of France, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron. (Image Source: @narendramodi)

The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour is the highest French honour in military or civilian orders. PM Modi becomes the first Indian PM to receive this honour. (Image Source: @MEAIndia)

PM Modi thanked French President Macron for the honour on behalf of the people of India. PM Modi also announced that Indian tourists visiting France would soon be able to make payments using India's UPI. (Image Source: @MEAIndia)

PM Modi also addressed the Indian community at the La Seine Musicale, a performing arts centre on an island in the river Seine. PM Modi said India was the mother of democracy and a model of diversity as well. (Image Source: @narendramodi)

Modi announced the opening of a new Indian consulate in Marseille in France and told the cheerful audience that Indian students doing masters in the European country will now get five-year-long post-study work visas. (Image Source: @narendramodi)