Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Tuesday became the first foreign dignitary to meet Sadiq Khan following his election as mayor of London, in a brief tete-a-tete at St Pancras Station. "He has made history, he is the first Muslim mayor of a big European city," Hidalgo told reporters on the platform after Khan welcomed her off the cross-Channel Eurostar train from France. Describing him as a "progressive" and a democrat, she said his election "is an example for us", before they left to discuss their shared challenges of pollution and affordable housing at a cafe nearby. Khan, a member of Britain's opposition Labour party, was elected mayor on Thursday's with 1.3 million votes, the largest personal mandate of any British politician.