New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a busy week ahead for him, as the three-day US visit is set to begin later this week. The first bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden will take place on September 24, 2021.
Later that day, Biden will host the Quad Leaders Summit for the first time in person at the White House with Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. That same night, Biden will host a lavish dinner.
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A day before meeting Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House here on September 23. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders. Harris had earlier spoken to Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis.
Modi will hold a one-on-one meeting with five CEOs of top US companies on September 23, which may include Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, while other names are yet to be finalised. According to media reports, Modi will also have bilateral meetings with Suga and Morrison on the same day.
This will be Biden and Modi’s first meeting since becoming president, although the two have spoken virtually on several occasions. He had previously met Biden on his first visit to the US as prime minister in 2014. Biden was then the vice president in the administration of President Barack Obama. The last telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Modi and President Biden was on 26 April.
“The leaders will focus on strengthening the deep ties between their people and shared democratic values that have underpinned the special bond between the United States and India for more than seven decades,” a White House official said.
“The Biden-Harris administration has supported India’s efforts by working together to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific, leading efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, and taking concrete action to address the climate crisis,” the official said. We have extended our partnership with
Soon after the dinner, PM Modi will be on his way to New York as he will address the general debate on September 25. India will use its voice in the high-level UN General Assembly to strongly raise global issues like terrorism. The country’s envoy to the World Organization has called for climate change, equitable and affordable access to vaccines, Indo-Pacific and United Nations reforms.
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti told PTI that the COVID-19 pandemic and developments in Afghanistan are expected to dominate the 76th UNGA session. The 76th UNGA is an important occasion for India for several reasons. It is expected that India will use its voice as a leading voice of the developing world as well as a current member of the UN Security Council to take up global issues firmly.
Tirumurti said that Prime Minister Modi’s speech at the Mahasabha is “the most awaited among world leaders. While what he has decided to say is entirely his prerogative and I don’t want to second guess, the prime minister has always said something.” Addressed key issues facing the world, including some achievements on the domestic front, and issues of importance and concern to us.
India will participate in three high-level meetings on climate, energy and food systems organized by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Guterres and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold an informal climate leaders roundtable on climate action on Monday with a small and representative group of heads of state and government.
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