Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-nation visit to the United States and Egypt on June 21. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra gave a detailed schedule of PM Modi’s visit in a press briefing. He said that PM Modi is visiting the US from June 21 to 23 at the invitation of US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. He said that this will be PM Modi’s first State-level visit to the US.
He said that the visit is a milestone in the relationship between the two countries. “…It is a very significant visit, a very important visit. A visit on which there is a genuine and widespread deep interest in the United States…,” Kwatra added.
He further said that one of the key components which will be prominently showcased during PM Modi’s visit will be bilateral defence cooperation. MEA added that defence industrial cooperation roadmap to be a key outcome of PM Modi’s US visit beginning June 21.
He further said that one of the key components which will be prominently showcased during PM Modi’s visit will be bilateral defence cooperation. MEA added that defence industrial cooperation roadmap to be a key outcome of PM Modi’s US visit.
Highlighting India-US ties, Kwatra said, “The second key component has been strong trade and investment partnership. Third is the technology component which interfaces with many other domains – telecom, space, manufacturing and investment.”
On the first day of arrival to Washington DC, MEA said that the first key engagement will be an event that would focus on scaling for future “which would try to bring out key complementarities and the objectives that both systems seek to promote and achieve”.
“On June 22, there will be 4-5 key components – ceremonial welcome at the White House, a set of bilateral meetings, PM’s scheduled address to the US Congress, ceremonial State dinner,” the MEA added.
PM Modi’s Egypt Visit
PM Narendra Modi will visit Egypt on June 24-25 after concluding his trip to the US. It will be PM Modi’s first visit to the Middle-East nation and first official bilateral visit of an Indian PM to Egypt since 1997, said Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
