PM Modi was welcomed by Biden at his residence
Wilmington (US):
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met US President Joe Biden on the margins of the Quad summit right here and the 2 leaders had been anticipated to debate a variety of points, together with the Russia-Ukraine battle.
“A particular begin to a big go to. @POTUS @JoeBiden warmly acquired PM @narendramodi at his residence in Greenville, Delaware,” the prime minister’s workplace stated in a put up on X.
A particular begin to a big go to.@POTUS@JoeBiden warmly acquired PM @narendramodi at his residence in Greenville, Delaware. pic.twitter.com/zsvBWsGCe3
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 21, 2024
Through the assembly, the 2 leaders had been set to “evaluation and determine new pathways to additional deepen India-US Complete International Strategic Partnership”.
PM Modi was welcomed by Biden at his residence, the place the 2 leaders hugged one another. Biden held PM Modi’s hand as he led him into the home.
“A heat and particular starting to an vital go to. In a particular gesture @POTUS Joe Biden hosts PM @narendramodi at his residence. PM @narendramodi warmly acquired by @POTUS Joe Biden at Greenville, Delaware forward of their bilateral assembly,” Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated in a put up on X.
The Ukraine conflict and PM Modi’s current go to to Kyiv is anticipated to determine prominently within the bilateral assembly, US Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan earlier stated.
“My assembly with President Biden will permit us to evaluation and determine new pathways to additional deepen India-US Complete International Strategic Partnership for the good thing about our individuals and the worldwide good,” PM Modi had stated in his departure assertion in New Delhi.
PM Modi was accompanied by Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, International Secretary Vikram Misri and Ambassador of India to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra. The US workforce included Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Assistant to the President for Nationwide Safety Affairs T H Jake Sullivan and Ambassador of the US to India Eric Garcetti.
PM Modi, who’s right here as a part of his three-day go to to the US, can even maintain separate bilateral conferences with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who’re right here for the Quad Summit.
The annual Quad summit being hosted by President Biden in his hometown Wilmington is anticipated to roll out a sequence of recent initiatives to spice up cooperation within the Indo-Pacific and discover methods to seek out peaceable options to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
The four-member Quad, or the Quadrilateral Safety Dialogue, advocates upholding a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific. Beijing sees it as an anti-China grouping.
In his departure assertion in New Delhi, PM Modi stated he regarded ahead to becoming a member of his colleagues President Biden, Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Kishida for the Quad Summit.
“The discussion board has emerged as a key group of like-minded international locations to work for peace, progress and prosperity within the Indo-Pacific area,” he added.
The Quad leaders are additionally set to unveil a “milestone” initiative to stop, detect, deal with and alleviate the impression of most cancers on sufferers and their households.
Earlier, a big group of the Indian diaspora greeted PM Modi upon his arrival on the Philadelphia Worldwide Airport, from the place he travelled to Wilmington.
PM Modi greeted a gaggle of individuals wearing conventional apparel, with lots of them holding the Indian tri-colour. He walked alongside the fenced space, signed autographs for a few of them and shook arms with some others.
“An lively welcome in Philadelphia! Our diaspora’s blessings are significantly cherished,” PM Modi stated in one other put up on X.
“The Indian neighborhood has distinguished itself within the USA, making a constructive impression throughout numerous sectors. It is all the time a delight to work together with them,” the prime minister stated. “Let’s rejoice the bonds that join our nations!” From Wilmington, PM Modi will journey to New York to attend an Indian neighborhood occasion at Lengthy Island on September 22 and handle the Summit of the Future on the UN Common Meeting the subsequent day.
The prime minister’s different engagements embrace becoming a member of an Indian diaspora occasion at Lengthy Island and taking part in a spherical desk with CEOs of American companies engaged on cutting-edge applied sciences akin to AI, quantum computing and semiconductors.
“I’m eagerly wanting ahead to participating with the Indian diaspora and vital American enterprise leaders, who’re the important thing stakeholders and supply vibrancy to the distinctive partnership between the most important and the oldest democracies of the world,” PM Modi stated.
“The Summit of the Future is a chance for the worldwide neighborhood to chart the highway forward for the betterment of humanity. I’ll share the views of one-sixth of humanity as their stakes in a peaceable and safe future are among the many highest on the earth,” the prime minister stated.
The ‘Summit of the Future’ will carry leaders from numerous international locations to forge a brand new worldwide consensus on how one can ship a “higher current and safeguard the long run,” based on the UN.
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