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.