Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his 3-day state visit to Brazil with a high-level meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília. He was honored with Brazil's highest civilian award for foreign dignitaries, the "Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross." Modi received a traditional musical welcome and held key bilateral talks before departing for Namibia as part of his ongoing five-nation diplomatic tour.