India, May 20 -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who shares a warm rapport with her Indian counterpart, welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Rome on Tuesday, sharing a selfie with him that quickly went viral online.

Posting the image on X, Meloni wrote: "Welcome to Rome, my friend!" accompanied by Indian and Italian flag emojis. The post has since garnered widespread attention, receiving over 118,000 likes and thousands of comments.

The photograph shows the two leaders taking a selfie against the illuminated backdrop of the Colosseum, the iconic ancient amphitheatre in Rome.

Modi shared few other images of his meeting with Miloni and wrote on X: "Upon landing in Rome, had the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Meloni over di...