Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for a 5-day visit to America at 11 am today. A high-level delegation including External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval will also accompany PM Modi. During his US visit, Modi and US President Joe Biden will meet face-to-face for the first time at the White House on September 24.
Biden was sworn in as president on January 20. After this, he has had virtual meetings with Modi twice but will meet physically for the first time. Earlier on September 23, Modi will also meet US Vice President Kamala Harris. On Monday, the White House also announced President Biden's weekly program. In this, his meeting with Prime Minister Modi has been mentioned.
Talking to the news agency, a White House official said, 'Modi is coming to America. We want the relations between the two countries to be stronger. The Biden-Harris Administration wants to give new dimensions to its global partnership with India. We want to ease movement in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Both countries will continue to cooperate to eliminate Covid. Climate change and some other issues will also be discussed.
Prime Minister called Biden on 17 November 2020. During this, Modi congratulated Biden on his victory in the presidential election. After this, there was a phone conversation between the two leaders on 8 February and 26 April. At the same time, Kamala Harris also had a phone discussion with Modi on June 3. Modi visited the US for the last time in September 2019. Then took part in the Howdy Modi program with Donald Trump. After this, the era of Covid started and during this time h visited Bangladesh only in March.
On September 24, Biden will also meet the heads of state of the Quad countries. Apart from Biden and Modi, Japan's Prime Minister Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will participate. Although it is a civilian organization, in view of China's antics and expansionist policies in the Indian and Pacific oceans, the coming together of these four countries is considered very important.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the meeting of the Quad will include issues like new technology, cyber security, maritime security, humanitarian assistance, and disaster management, besides climate change. An effective strategy can also be considered regarding China's attitude because China is presenting a common challenge to the quad countries. Apart from smaller countries in the region such as Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, and Taiwan, he is also trying to show eyes to Japan.
