NEW DELHI: According to reports, US President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US for a state visit in June or July. According to reports cited by news agency PTI, the offer has been accepted in principle, and Indian and US officials are coordinating dates that will work for all parties.
As the US House of Representatives and Senate would be in session at that time, and Prime Minister Modi won’t have any scheduled domestic or foreign commitments at that time, sources claim that President Biden is looking forward to meeting PM Modi in June or July.
A speech to the US Congress’ joint session and a state supper at the White House are both included in the state visit. However, sources declined to say when or how this unique invitation from Biden was transmitted to the Prime Minister’s Office.
President Biden, according to a senior US administration official, sees the Indo-US collaboration as crucial in areas like maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific, the climate issue, food security, health security, and energy security. Speaking in Tokyo last year, Prime Minister Modi referred to the Indo-US alliance as a partnership of trust and strength for world peace and stability.
According to a US administration official reported by the news agency PTI, “The US honestly believes that supporting India’s growth as a global force is in our strategic interest. That is evident in both the Quad and India’s G-20 presidency. This outlines a more comprehensive vision of the coordinated US-Indiana Pacific policy, which calls for increased cooperation between the two countries and the removal of long-standing roadblocks.
The development follows the launch of the India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, or iCET, which officials have dubbed the “Next Big Thing” in the two nations’ bilateral relations. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his American counterpart Jake Sullivan were responsible for the initiative.
While geopolitics is one aspect of what is happening here, the US administration official who was mentioned earlier stated, “This is sort of more important, bigger than that.” He continued by saying that the Indo-Pacific and Quadrilateral issues currently being discussed between India and the US are more important than the 2006 India-US Civil Nuclear Deal.
