MEXICO CITY: In a special gesture, Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto today drove Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a restaurant for dinner, a Mexican vegetarian fare.
"In a very special gesture, President @EPN personally drives @narendramodi to a restaurant for Mexican vegetarian fare," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted along with a photo that showed the 49-year-old Nieto behind the wheel with Modi sitting beside him.
The two headed to a restaurant called 'Quintonil' to bond over vegetarian dinner.</p><p>"Bonding over bean tacos! President @EPN and PM @narendramodi share a meal," Swarup tweeted along with photos showing the two leaders chatting away while sitting at a table in the restaurant.</p><p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bonding over bean tacos! President <a href="https://twitter.com/EPN">@EPN</a> and PM <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi">@narendramodi</a> share a meal <a href="https://t.co/ckmsmpjWo7">pic.twitter.com/ckmsmpjWo7</a></p>— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/740743098209210368">June 9, 2016</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /></p><p>Earlier, Nieto also took to Twitter to welcome Modi, who flew in from Washington for a brief visit to Mexico.</p><p>"It's an honor to welcome you to our country, PM @narendramodi. I trust that your stay in @Mexico will be both productive and pleasant," he wrote.</p>