US Says India Will Be "Critical Strategic Partner" In Coming Decades
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PM Modi in US: PM Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, who will host him at a State Dinner on June 22.
India will be a critical strategic partner for the US in the coming decades, the White House said and asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State Visit to the country will affirm the deep and close partnership between the two nations.
PM Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, who will host him at a State Dinner on June 22. The visit also includes an address by the prime minister to the joint session of the US Congress on June 22.
In his departure statement, PM Modi had said this "special invitation" from President Biden and the First Lady for a State Visit is a reflection of the vigour and vitality of the partnership between the democracies.
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications (NSCCSC) John Kirby on Tuesday told a press conference here: "India will be a critical strategic partner for the United States in the coming decades." India's growing commitment to playing a more "engaged international role, including in the Indo-Pacific Quad, demonstrates a new and growing willingness to join the United States to protect and advance a shared vision of a free, open, and rules-based global order", he said.