In Photos: President Murmu unveils Mahatma Gandhi bust in North Macedonia

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at a museum, and said it will stand as a lasting symbol of friendship between India and North Macedonia (Source: Photo by AP)

Mahatma Gandhi belonged to India, but his message belongs to all humanity, Murmu said. She added that his life demonstrated that truth and non-violence are not signs of weakness but powerful instruments for securing justice, dignity and freedom (Source: Photo by AP)

"At a time when the world faces conflict, intolerance and division, Gandhiji's faith in dialogue, compassion and peaceful coexistence remains profoundly relevant," the President said (Source: Photo by AP)

Murmu and President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova of North Macedonia unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Skopje Museum (Source: Photo by AP)

The Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a post on X that the President expressed confidence that the bust would stand as a lasting symbol of friendship between India and North Macedonia and of the two countries' shared commitment to peace, tolerance and humanity (Source: Photo by AP)

Murmu expressed confidence that the cultural and people-to-people ties between India and North Macedonia would continue to deepen in the years ahead (Source: Photo by AP)

She is on a two-day historic visit to North Macedonia beginning from Tuesday - the first by any Indian head of state (Source: Photo by AP)

Earlier during the day, she also visited the Memorial of Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, the modern-day capital of North Macedonia. She lived in Skopje until 1928, when she left to join the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland before eventually moving to India (Source: Photo by AP)