Delaware:Bilateral talks between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Greenville, Delaware, concluded on Saturday. Biden, 81, said India-US relations were stronger, closer and more dynamic than at any time in history, as the Indian premier began his three-day visit to the US.
Upon his arrival at Biden’s home, PM Modi was warmly welcomed with a hug by the US President. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the talks between the two focused on ways to further deepen the bilateral partnership between India and the US in areas of mutual interest. They also exchanged views on global and regional issues, including the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. The two leaders were expected to discuss a range of issues, including the Russia-Ukraine and China conflict.
“The United States partnership with India is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than at any time in history. Prime Minister Modi, every time we sit down, I am amazed at our ability to find new areas of cooperation. Today was no different,” Biden said on X after the meeting.
Biden and Modi will also participate in the Quad Leaders Summit, along with Japanese leader Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese later today. The summit is also crucial for India as it will be the host country for the next Summit. The last Quad Leaders Summit, the fifth edition, was held in Hiroshima, Japan on May 20 last year.
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What did Modi and Biden discuss?
“My meeting with President Biden will enable us to review and identify new avenues to further deepen the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership for the benefit of our people and the global good,” Modi had said in his farewell address in New Delhi. He was accompanied by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
The US side is represented by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti. Earlier, Sullivan indicated that the areas of focus between the two leaders would be the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and India’s stance on Russia and China. He stressed that countries like India should support sovereignty and territorial integrity, and refrain from providing inputs to Russia’s war efforts.
“I will just say that the United States has been clear about our view that Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine violated every norm and principle of international law, that countries like India should step forward and support the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, and that all countries everywhere should refrain from supplying inputs to Russia’s war machine so that it can continue to wage this brutal war,” Sullivan said at a news conference.
“And then with respect to China, they will talk about how they view China’s actions in the region that China is going into. And that’s not just true in the security realm, but also in the economic and technological realm,” Sullivan added. He further said that the focus of the Quad Leaders’ Summit will be on a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Prime Minister Modi welcomes US
The Indian leader received a rousing welcome from a large group of Indians from the diaspora at the Philadelphia International Airport. Modi greeted the group of people dressed in their traditional attire, many of them holding the Indian tricolour flag. He walked through the fenced area, signed autographs for some of them and shook hands with others. He also witnessed a garba performance by enthusiastic Indians at the Hotel du Pont in Delaware.
On September 22, Prime Minister Modi will address a community event of the Indian diaspora at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. Around 4.4 million Indian Americans or people of Indian origin reside in the US. People of Indian origin (3.18 million) constitute the third-largest Asian ethnic group in the US. He will also attend a business roundtable with CEOs of leading American companies in the cutting-edge areas of artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and biotechnology.
From Wilmington, the Prime Minister will travel to New York to attend the Summit for the Future (SOTF) at the United Nations on 23 September. The theme of the summit is “Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow”. A Compact for the Future, with its two annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, will be the outcome document of the SoTF.
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