A State Department official has told The Hindu that by advancing the ambitious climate change and clean energy agenda and further enhancing our security and diplomatic cooperation across the Indo-Pacific region would be focus of the discussions between India and the U.S during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit this week.
It is stated that Mr. Modi will have a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama, to be followed by a lunch, at the White House on Tuesday and on Wednesday Mr. Modi will address a joint session of the U.S Congress, which will be a demonstration of the bipartisan support that the India-US relationship has acquired.
The USIBC President Mukesh Aghi has said the meeting between Mr. Modi and Mr. Obama and PM who has not even completed half his term and a President who has only a few months left in office will be to strengthen the foundations of the relationship further and ensure continuity.
Meanwhile the President Obama’s comments have raised the level of attention paid to this issue globally and there are several cases of Mr. Modi’s government officials continuing to protect local groups loyal to him from prosecution.
