PM Modi will also visit New York for the 76th session of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Though no official date for PM Modi’s visit has been announced, the first day of the high-level general debate is scheduled for September 21.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the United States at the end of September. As per the report, PM Modi will visit Washington where he is likely to hold a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden.
He will also visit New York for the 76th session of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Though no official date for PM Modi’s visit has been announced, the first day of the high-level general debate is scheduled for September 21.
This will be PM Modi’s first official visit to the US and a first in-person meeting with Biden, since the latter took over the presidency in January this year.
According to a report by news agency ANI, the preparations for the visit are already underway. PM Modi last visited the US in 2019 during Donald Trump’s presidency. He had addressed a massive diaspora event in Houston, titled “Howdy Modi”.
The development comes in the backdrop of US withdrawal from Afghanistan and seizure of power by the Taliban.