"Took selfies with young friends at CNES. We were all trying to take the best selfie out there," Modi tweeted on his visit to the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) here on the second day of his trip to France.
Many students chanted "Modi, Modi" when he arrived at the space agency and assembled around the premier, who obliged them by clicking a selfie himself.
"The young usually want selfies. PM @narendramodi obliges Indian students gathered at French Space Agency(CNES)," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.
His nine-day trip will now take him to Germany and then to Canada.
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