United states President Joseph Biden intends to host PM Narendra Modi for a state dinner in the middle of 2023. As the administration promotes initiatives and plans for an open & free Indo-Pacific to offset what it perceives as a growing threat presented by China, the formal state visit is a demonstration of the developing United states-India relations.
The state dinner is being planned in June by the White House. But the timing may change, according to the people knowledgeable.
In Sept, India will hosting the summit of the G20 leaders in New Delhi. Where the invasion of Ukraine by Russia will be one of the main subjects of conversation.
Russia President Putin, may or may not visit the event.
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When the leaders of Australia, Japan, and Prime Minister modi meet in May in Australia for the Quad summit, Biden is also anticipate to meet PM Modi there.
Biden will host his 3rd official state visit and dinner with Prime Minister modi after hosting those for French President Emmanuel Macron in December and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Apr 26.
An initiative to exchange cutting-edge defence & computing technology, along with joint production of General Electric Co. jet engines, was launch by the United States and India previous month.
As much as the United States & its supporters would like. India has not been as vocal about Putin’s conflict in Ukraine.
By lowering New Delhi’s historical dependence on Moscow for military hardware and China’s rising assertiveness. The alliance on key technology aims to partially counter Russian influence in India. Both partisan political figures in the United States have worked to improve ties with Narendra Modi.
“The China-Russia factors are genuine, but so is the concept of developing a rich, democratic ecosystem of high technology,” National Security Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan told journalists when previewing the collaboration. Geopolitics is therefore not ignore, but it does not fully explain the circumstances at work.