PM Narendra Modi to meet US Vice Prez Kamala Harris on Sept 23

Mumbai: US Vice President Kamala Harris will meet PM Narendra Modi in Washington on September 23, a White House official told PTI. This will be the first meeting between Harris and PM Modi.

Biden will host Modi for his first in-person bilateral meeting at the White House on September 24. Later that day, Biden will host the first-ever in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit at the White House with Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

“The Vice President will meet with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India,” a White House official told PTI.

This will be the first meeting between the two leaders. Harris had earlier spoken to Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis.

Harris is the first person of Indian origin to be elected as the Vice President of the United States of America.

During this week, as world leaders gather in New York to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, according to the White House, is scheduled to hold meetings with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday and President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday.

On Wednesday, she will also lead a session at the President’s virtual COVID Summit on building back better and preparing and preventing future pandemics, according to a senior White House official.

(With PTI Inputs)

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