PM Modi, President Biden to discuss Indo-Pacific, elevate ...: White House

During Prime Minister Narendra Modis upcoming visit to the United States discussions between him and President Joe Biden will center around strengthening their commitment to a free open prosperous and secure IndoPacific region The two leaders will also emphasize their shared determination to enhance the strategic technology partnership with a specific focus on defense the White House said on WednesdayPM Modi is scheduled to visit the US on June 22 following an invitation from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill BidenThe PM and the President will discuss ways to strengthen our two countries shared commitment to a free open prosperous and secure IndoPacific and our shared resolve to elevate our strategic technology partnership including defence Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre said when asked if the defence would be a major part of the discussion between the two leadersPrime Minister Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister who will address the Joint Meeting of the US Congress for the second time during his upcoming official state visit to the United States from June 21 to 24I dont have anything more to say at this time about the visit As we get closer certainly we will have more to share What Ive said is the upcoming visit will affirm the deep and close partnership between the United States and India and the warm bonds of family and friendship that link the Americans and Indians together she saidSo that certainly will be talked about in clean energy and space but Im just not going to get into details on what the particulars will be And as we get closer to June 22 we certainly have more to share she addedUS and India have a strategic alliance In their last inperson meeting in Indonesia Prime Minister Modi and President Biden took into account areas like crucial and emerging technologies and artificial intelligenceIn the meeting both sides discussed close cooperation in futureoriented sectors such as critical and emerging technologies advanced computing and artificial intelligence an official statement by Prime Ministers office readThe two leaders also exchanged dialogue on topical global and regional developmentsEarlier PM Modi visited the United States on September 23 2021In 2022 on the sidelines of the QUAD Leaders Summit PM Modi and President Biden announced the IndiaUS initiative of critical and emerging technology known as iCETAhead of Modis state visit US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was in India on a twoday visit to explore ways to lay the groundwork for highly anticipated agreements on bilateral defence cooperation especially in areas of transfer of critical technologies for codevelopment of military hardware Modern Diplomacyeu reportedThis 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