Modi praises the role India played in maintaining World peace

New Delhi, Oct 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday in his monthly Radio Adress "Mann Ki Baat" has highlighted the role India played in maintaining world peace and has said that "India, as a messenger of peace, has always vouched for peace, unity, and harmony in the world. It is our belief that everyone should live in peace and harmony and move towards a better and peaceful tomorrow".

PM has added that "currently around 7,000 Indian security personnel are deployed on peacekeeping missions, making it the third highest contributor and Indian forces have provided peacekeeping training to their counterparts from 85 countries and have been providing medical
services to people from a number of countries".

He said that " India has participated in about 50 out of 71 UN peacekeeping operations undertaken so far". PM has also talked about country's culture of respecting nature and many other issues.Finally, he has said that "the Indian team of FIFA U-17 had won hearts, if not medals with there performance.