PM Modi in Mongolia: First, let me take a selfie and then I play the fiddle

[caption id=“attachment_2248582” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of Mongolia, Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj taking a selfie, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248584” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The President of Mongolia, Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj gifts the Morin Khuur to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248764” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at the National Cancer Center of Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248768” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi unveiling foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre of Excellence in IT, Comm. & Outsourcing, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 17, 2015.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248770” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the students and staff at Atal Bihari Vajpeyee Information and Comm. Technology Training Centre, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 17, 2015.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248772” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in a group photo with the staff of National Cancer Center of Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248774” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi playing a traditional Mongolian music instrument at Mini Naadam Festival, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248460” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first ever Indian Premier to visit Mongolia, held wide-ranging discussions with his Mongolia counterpart Chimed Saikhanbileg at the State Palace in Ulan Bator, pleading to take bilateral ties to a new level. Image: PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248478” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visiting the Gandan Monastery, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. He was accorded a ceremonial welcome by the chief abbot, Hamba Lama, who gifted him a blue silken scarf and a token.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248480” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Modi met 150 monks at the monastery and also saw the Buddhist relics at the museum. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248482” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visiting the Gandan Monastery, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248462” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi meeting the President of Mongolia, Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248464” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] rime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told his Mongolian counterpart Chimed Saikhanbileg that India is privileged to be considered as Mongolia’s spiritual neighbour. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248470” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the Ceremonial Welcome, at the State Palace, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248472” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Prime Minister arendra Modi inspecting the Guard of Honour, during the Ceremonial Welcome, at the State Palace, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248476” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Modi  during the Ceremonial Welcome on his arrival, at the State Palace, in Mongolia on May 17, 2015. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2248496” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] “Mongolia is the new bright light of democracy in our world,” Modi said while addressing Mongolian parliament which was specially opened for his visit, the first by an Indian prime minister. PIB[/caption]