NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the US in the third week of June for what will be his first official state visit to the country, complete with a state dinner on June 22, both countries said Wednesday in separate announcements. The last Indian PM to travel to the US for a state visit was Manmohan Singh in 2009, when he was hosted by then president Barack Obama.
The government said in a statement that PM Modi will visit the US, following an invitation from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. This will be Modi’s sixth visit to the US since taking over as PM in 2014. The two leaders are also expected to meet at the G7 and Quad summit meetings later this month in Hiroshima and Sydney respectively.
The Indian side said that the leaders would reflect on their shared vision for a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific and discuss opportunities to expand and consolidate the Quad engagement.
PM Modi’s state visit to the US will likely be the most keenly followed bilateral engagement in a series of high-profile meetings he’s expected to have in the next few months, starting in Japan on the margins of G7 and culminating in his visit to France for the Bastille Day celebrations on July 14. The Prime Minister’s meeting with Biden will also come days before India hosts the SCO summit on July 4, on the margins of which he’s expected to have bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and also Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Efforts to finalise the dates for the US visit, in fact, saw the SCO summit, which was earlier proposed for June 25, postponed to July 4. “The visit will strengthen our two countries’ shared commitment to a free, open, prosperous, and secure Indo-Pacific and our shared resolve to elevate our strategic technology partnership, including in defense, clean energy, and space,” said the White House in its announcement.
The Indian government said that the ‘historic visit’ to the US offered a valuable opportunity for India and the US to further deepen a comprehensive and forward-looking global strategic partnership.
“The visit will underscore the growing importance of the strategic partnership between India and the United States as the two nations collaborate across numerous sectors. The leaders will have the opportunity to review strong bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest, including technology, trade, industry, education, research, clean energy, defense, security, healthcare, and deepening people-to-people connections,” said the Indian government in its announcement.
According to India, PM Modi and Biden will also explore ways to strengthen India-US collaboration in pluri-lateral and multilateral fora, including in the G20. Biden is expected to visit India for the G20 summit in September.
The government said in a statement that PM Modi will visit the US, following an invitation from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. This will be Modi’s sixth visit to the US since taking over as PM in 2014. The two leaders are also expected to meet at the G7 and Quad summit meetings later this month in Hiroshima and Sydney respectively.
The Indian side said that the leaders would reflect on their shared vision for a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific and discuss opportunities to expand and consolidate the Quad engagement.
PM Modi’s state visit to the US will likely be the most keenly followed bilateral engagement in a series of high-profile meetings he’s expected to have in the next few months, starting in Japan on the margins of G7 and culminating in his visit to France for the Bastille Day celebrations on July 14. The Prime Minister’s meeting with Biden will also come days before India hosts the SCO summit on July 4, on the margins of which he’s expected to have bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and also Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Efforts to finalise the dates for the US visit, in fact, saw the SCO summit, which was earlier proposed for June 25, postponed to July 4. “The visit will strengthen our two countries’ shared commitment to a free, open, prosperous, and secure Indo-Pacific and our shared resolve to elevate our strategic technology partnership, including in defense, clean energy, and space,” said the White House in its announcement.
The Indian government said that the ‘historic visit’ to the US offered a valuable opportunity for India and the US to further deepen a comprehensive and forward-looking global strategic partnership.
“The visit will underscore the growing importance of the strategic partnership between India and the United States as the two nations collaborate across numerous sectors. The leaders will have the opportunity to review strong bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest, including technology, trade, industry, education, research, clean energy, defense, security, healthcare, and deepening people-to-people connections,” said the Indian government in its announcement.
According to India, PM Modi and Biden will also explore ways to strengthen India-US collaboration in pluri-lateral and multilateral fora, including in the G20. Biden is expected to visit India for the G20 summit in September.