Narendra Modi's 2023: G20 summit, 'Melodi' selfie feature in year-end highlights of Indian PM
India's G20 presidency alongside Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni during COP28 summit
The year-end pictures released by the office of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had the viral 'Melodi' selfie clicked by ItalyPrime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the spotlight.
The selfie, clicked during the COP28 summit in Dubai, became the most viral political selfie of all time.
Italy is set to host the G7 summit next year and India, a regular invitee, is most likely to be included.
The 'melodi' selfie: Viral moment of 2023
On December 2, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Italian counterpart, Georgia Meloni, on the sidelines of the COP28 climate action summit in Dubai.
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After the meeting, Meloni posted a selfie with Modiwith the hashtag Melodi, a fusion of the last names of the two leaders.
"Good friends at COP28," the Italian far-right leader captioned the photo. Modi reposted it on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote, "Meeting friends is always a delight." The photo soon went viral and the hashtag Melodi was trending on the internet.
Which other pictures made it to PMO's 'year-end' highlights?
Among 23 exclusive photos of PM Modi released by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) from the year 2023, four are of his meetings with world leaders including the US President Joe Biden in Delhi, French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and having 'paan' with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Delhi.
Besides, there is apictureof PM Modi at the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi representing Bharat.
In a year when Moscow dodged an unprecedented mutiny bullet, Washington and Beijing wrangled with a consequential geo-economic confrontation over the development of semiconductors, the Israel-Palestine conflict entered its worst phase in decades — New Delhi's rising economic clout coincided with its presidency of the grouping of world's wealthiest economies: G20.
But throughout 2023, New Delhi continued its emergence as a capital of significance.