India, June 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Paris, France early in the morning on Thursday, and received a warm welcome from the Indian diaspora there. Crowds gathered and cheered for the prime minister on his way back from attending the G7 summit in the French commune of Evian-les-Baines as a guest nation.

"I arrived in Paris just a short while ago, where I was warmly welcomed by the Indian diaspora. I am proud of their efforts to bring India and France closer together. The India-France partnership is essential to the progress of our planet," the prime minister wrote on his social media handle.

Photographs and videos capturing the moments of Modi's interaction with the Indian community in Paris showed ecstatic crowds in th...