Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will visit the US for an official state visit between June 21-24, his first since taking over the office in 2014. He will be hosted by president Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden over a dinner at the White House on June 22.
Both the democracies are eagerly looking forward to the upcoming visit — which will be Modi’s eighth overall to the US in the last nine years. New Delhi and Washington have engaged across sectors and at various leadership levels and their deepening ties irrespective of the party in power in either of the two capitals has made relevant how serious the two nations take their bilateral relations in the 21st century.
Modi has also been invited by the leaders of the US Congress to address a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and Senate on June 22, one of the highest honours that the US accords to foreign dignitaries. What makes this invitation special is that the Indian prime minister would become the first Indian leader to address the joint meeting twice, a feat which leaders such as Sir Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and a few others have achieved.
India Weekly took this opportunity to speak with Dr Mukesh Aghi, president and CEO of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), which aims at creating a strong strategic partnership between the two democracies, about the upcoming visit by Modi to the US and the significance it has.
When asked whether India’s ties with the US have seen a special transformation under Modi or were they something that grew organically even before he became the prime minister, Dr Aghi said while the partnership is bipartisan in both nations, it has touched greater heights under Modi.
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