President Biden to host PM Modi for Official State Visit to US on June 22: White House

President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an Official State Visit to the United States which will include a state dinner on June 22 the White House announced on WednesdayThis would be the first State Visit of an Indian leader after then president Barack Obama invited then prime minister Manmohan Singh for a State Visit in November 2009President Biden and the First Lady Dr Jill Biden will host Prime Minister Modi for an Official State Visit to the United States June 22 White House Press Secretary Karine JeanPierre said in a statement while announcing the visitThe upcoming visit will affirm the deep and close partnership between the US and India and the warm bonds of family and friendship that link Americans and Indians together she saidPrime Minister Modis visit will strengthen two countries shared commitment to a free open prosperous and secure IndoPacific she said amid Chinas aggressive behaviour in the strategic regionThe visit will also elevate the bilateral strategic technology partnership including in defence clean energy and space she saidAlso readMumbai Police extends preventive orders for city till May 26 shares list of exemptionsThe leaders will discuss ways to further expand our educational exchanges and peopletopeople ties as well as our work together to confront common challenges from climate change to workforce development and health security she addedPrime Minister Modis visit to the US comes ahead of the G20 summit being hosted by India in SeptemberAfter becoming the Prime Minister in 2014 Modi has made more than half a dozen trips to the United States for bilateral and multilateral meetings with all the three American presidents Obama Donald Trump and now Biden but this is for the first time he has been invited for an official State Visit a privilege accorded to Americas close friends and alliesHe last visited Washington in September 2021 at the invitation of President Biden for a bilateral meeting and also attended the first inperson Quad Leaders SummitModi will join Biden and his counterparts from Australia and Japan at a summit of the Quad leaders in Sydney on May 24 that is expected to focus on implications of the Ukraine conflict and the overall situation in the IndoPacificBefore travelling to Australia Modi is likely to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima to attend the annual summit of the Group of Seven G7 advanced economies which is scheduled to take place from May 19 to 21President Biden will attend the G7 leaders summit in Hiroshima as well as the Quad summit in SydneyModis State Visit is reflective of the importance that the President Biden attaches to his personal relationship with him and the IndiaUS tiesIt is entirely good and proper that the worlds two greatest democracies further cement their strategic economic and technology convergence in these turbulent geostrategic times The State Visit will remind the world that India and America still have so much more potential to capture in our bilateral relations reflecting the energy and talent of our demographics and our systems which serve to empower our free peoples USIndia Business Council president Atul Keshap saidEarlier Prime Minister Modi met President Biden on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali Indonesia in November last year The two leaders also met on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Germany in June 2022 and before that in May on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders Summit in TokyoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever