Washington:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden during his ongoing official tour of the USA.
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The two leaders have spoken on the phone several times since Joe Biden became US president, but this will be the first time the two leaders will meet face-to-face to discuss various issues.
“President Biden is very much looking forward to his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi at the Oval Office before the QUAD Summit,” a
statement from the United States (US) said.
Find out what issues will be discussed in this meeting
The meeting is expected to discuss a number of priority issues, including counterterrorism, the coronavirus pandemic and the challenges of climate change, economic cooperation and Afghanistan, a senior US administration official told the media.
“We will address the coronavirus crisis, a number of priority issues related to climate change,” the official said.
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“In this meeting, we will discuss issues related to technology, economic cooperation and trade, as well as Afghanistan,” he added.
Earlier, PM Modi’s meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris has been very encouraging in terms of bilateral relations. During the meeting, Kamala Harris mentioned Pakistan’s role in terrorism and called on it to take action against terrorist organizations.
Indian Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Sringala said that US Vice President Kamala Harris had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask Pakistan to take action on terrorism so that terrorist organizations do not target India or the US.
Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Sringala said that the US agreed with the Prime Minister’s briefing on the facts of cross-border terrorism. US Vice President Kamala Harris also agrees with the fact that India has been a victim of terrorism for decades.
The US government believes that Pakistan’s support on the issue of terrorism needs to be curbed as well as closely monitored. Kamala Harris has called for further strengthening of bilateral security cooperation to tackle a range of challenges, including terrorism and cybercrime.
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The eyes of the whole world are on PM Modi’s US tour. The significance of the visit can be gauged from the fact that China criticized the
QUAD
alliance ahead of a
QUAD
summit between the leaders of the US, India, Japan and Australia in Washington.
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