PM Modi breaks protocol- receives Jordan king at airport
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 10:54 PM
New Delhi, Feb 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday broke protocol and received Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, who arrived here on a three-day state visit to India, at the airport.
Modi welcomed King Abdullah with a warm hug as he alighted from the aircraft
In a tweet, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that Modi, deviating from protocol, "welcomes His Majesty at the airport".
"India attaches great importance to its ties with Jordan," Kumar said.
This is King Abdullah's second visit to India after his visit along with Queen Rania in 2006.