India
Modi to visit US, meet with Biden; UNGA and Quad on agenda
New Delhi: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will embark on a five-day visit to the United States from September 22-26, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla announced on Monday.
Giving a broad itinerary of the visit, Shringla said Modi will meet US President Joe Biden for bilateral talks on September 24.
Shringla said that Modi and Biden are expected to discuss how to bolster trade and investment ties, strengthen defense and security collaborations, boost clean energy partnerships among other issues.
“The meeting will also feature the current regional security situation following developments in Afghanistan. We would discuss the need to stem radicalization, extremism, cross-border terrorism, and dismantling of global terror networks,” he said during a media briefing.
He said that Modi will also meet US Vice President Kamal Harris for their first formal interaction.
Shringla said that Modi will participate in the COVID Global Summit hosted by US President Biden on September 22.
During his visit, Modi will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including external affairs minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
He said the main elements of the visit will be the first in-person meeting with the US President, the Quad leaders summit which also involved the prime ministers of Australia and Japan as well as the address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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