PM Modi’s ‘no alcohol’ toast and other moments at White House state dinner
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U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the state dinner on the North Portico of the White House in Washington on June 22, 2023.
A state dinner was hosted on the North Portico of the White House for Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon his visit to the U.S. on June 22, 2023. The event is a formal dinner held in honour of a foreign head of state or any head of government, and is hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Corporate executives, industrialists, diaspora leaders, U.S. state senators and prominent faces from the film and fashion industries were among the 400-plus guests invited.
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