Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden during their talks next week are expected to touch on five broad areas of significance –healthcare, technology, renewable energy, education and defence – which would be reflected in the joint statement, India’s envoy to the US has said.
The remarks by India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu came less than a week before Prime Minister Modi’s historic State Visit to the US.
Modi will arrive in New York on June 20 and will lead the 9th International Yoga Day celebrations at the UN headquarters on June 21. The Indian leader will then travel to Washington DC where he will be welcomed by President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on June 22 for the State Visit, which will include an address to the joint session of the US Congress and the historic State Dinner.
“The leadership will touch five broad areas which are significant. They will be touched by the leadership, and they will be reflected in the joint statement which will come out,” Sandhu told PTI in an exclusive interview on Friday. The visit is very significant on the substantive part. “This time around a lot of ground is being covered,” he said.
Early this year the national security advisors of the two nations- Ajit K Doval and Jake Sullivan — launched a path-breaking initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). Sullivan was in India this week for talks with Doval.
“Technology is going to be a significant part and you know that technology is cross-cutting.
Technology is not only a commercial aspect but also has a very strong strategic side. And trust and confidence are important bases of any technology sharing or collaboration,” he said.
The five major issues to be discussed during the visit include healthcare, technology, renewable energy, education and defence.
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