Highlights: Quad will establish peace and prosperity in the world, says PM

Quad Summit 2021 live updates: PM Modi along with his counterparts from Australia and Japan on Friday attended the first in-person summit of Quad leaders. Stay tuned for LIVE updates

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Trade holds importance on its own between India and the US: PM Modi

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PM Modi receives a warm welcome from US President Joe Biden on arrival at the White House

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The seeds have been sown for even stronger friendship between India and USA: PM Modi

The seeds have been sown for even stronger friendship between India and USA: PM Modi

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Your leadership will certainly play an important role in how this decade is shaped: PM Modi tells Joe Biden

Your leadership will certainly play an important role in how this decade is shaped: PM Modi tells Joe Biden

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PM Narendra Modi begins his remarks at the White House

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Four million Indian-Americans make US stronger every day: Joe Biden to PM Modi

Four million Indian-Americans make US stronger every day: Joe Biden to PM Modi

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US President Joe Biden mentioned Mahatma Gandhi's Jayanti during bilateral meeting with PM Modi

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US-India relationship can help us solve a lot of global challenges: Joe Biden

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PM Modi holds first bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden

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Relationship between India and US destined to be stronger, closer and tighter: Joe Biden to PM Modi

Relationship between India and US, largest democracies in world, is destined to be stronger, closer and tighter: Joe Biden to PM Modi

 

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First meeting between US and India since Joe Biden assumed office as US President in January 2021

This is the first meeting between the two leaders since Biden assumed office as US President in January this year. The meeting is taking place in the backdrop of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the issue is likely to figure in the discussions.

 

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PM Modi meets Joe Biden at White House

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Joe Biden here on Friday at the White House here for bilateral meeting.

 

During the meeting, the two leaders will review the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between the two countries. They will also exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest.

 

Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between the two countries is anchored in "mutual trust, shared interests, goodwill and robust engagement of their citizens" and covers a wide gamut of areas including trade and defence.The two countries also have strategic convergence on Indo-Pacific.

 

Ahead of the meeting, Biden said he is looking forward to strengthening the deep ties between the two countries.

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PM Modi and US President Joe Biden engage in a bilateral meeting at White House

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PM Modi and US President Joe Biden hold bilateral meeting at the Oval Office in the White House

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PM Modi holds first bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Joe Biden at the White House on Friday in his first bilateral meeting with the US President during which the two leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of priority issues, including combating COVID-19, climate change, economic cooperation as well as Afghanistan.

 

While the two leaders have met earlier when Biden was the Vice President of the country, this is for the first time that Biden is meeting Modi after he became the 46th president of the US in January.

 

Both Biden and Prime Minister Modi have spoken over the phone multiple times and have attended a few virtual summits, including that of the Quad in March hosted by the US president. The last telephone conversation between them took place on April 26.

 

"This morning I'm hosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House for a bilateral meeting. I look forward to strengthening the deep ties between our two nations, working to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific, and tackling everything from COVID-19 to climate change," President Biden tweeted just ahead of the meeting.