Kamala Harris to participate in Quad summit with Narendra Modi

US Vice President Kamala Harris will also participate in the first Quad summit with President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga of Japan on Friday according to the White HouseThe virtual summit is scheduled for 830 am in Washington and 7 pm in Delhi 1030 pm in Canberra and 1230 am Saturday in Tokyo Reporters will be allowed to see the opening of the meeting according to the White House schedules for Biden and HarrisBidens spokesperson Jen Psaki said that National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will give a readout of the meeting at noon 1030 pm India timeHarris has had limited personal exposure to international leaders and has started a round of talks with some of them starting with President Emmanuel Macaron of France and Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau of Canada and Benjamin Netanyahu of IsraelAccording to readouts they discussed a wide range of regional and global issues during the oneonone callsIntroducing her during their visit to the State Department Biden said that Harris was committed to crafting a foreign policy that puts diplomacy first and that keeps our nation safe and delivers real results to the American peopleMost of Harriss political career has been in California and during her four years in the Senate she gained direct exposure to international affairs as a member of the Senate Intelligence CommitteeShe is reported to be planning regular lunches with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to deepen her familiarity with the nittygritty of foreign policyModi and Harris will probably be facetoface though virtually for the first time on Friday as there does not appear to be a record of any meetings between themAfter her election Modi tweeted Your success is pathbreaking and a matter of immense pride not just for your chithis but also for all IndianAmericansChithis as it is pronounced is the Tamil term for aunts who are mothers younger sisters and Harris used the word to include them while acknowledging her extended family in her speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination for vice presidentHarris has been frosty towards the current Indian government While a Senator she criticised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for refusing to meet with the House Foreign Affairs Committee because it wanted to include IndianAmerican Pramila Jayapal a critic of Modis government in the meeting although she is not a member of the committeeHarriss niece Meena recently got involved in the farmers agitation in India tweeting support for it even though she has not opposed conditions in the US similar to what the Indian farmers are againstThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever