Muscat, Dec. 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Thursday conferred with the Order of Oman, the country's highest civilian honour, by Sultan Haitham bin Tarik AI Said.

PM Modi is on a two-nation visit to Oman. He was earlier conferred with Ethiopia's highest civilian award - Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia - during his visit to the country.

PM Modi has been conferred with 29 foreign State awards. The Prime Minister is in Oman on the third leg of his three-nation visit. He reached Oman after visiting Jordan and Ethiopia.

The visit to Oman coincides with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

During his visit, PM Modi addressed the India-Oman Business Forum in Muscat. The Forum...