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Modi to meet Obama for seventh time in two years

Modi to meet Obama for seventh time in two years

| | 03 Jun 2016, 02:47 pm
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit America next week as a part of his five-nation tour that begins on Saturday.

For Modi, who once was denied US visa during his stint as Gujarat Chief Minister, it has been a long way to cover and set up his seventh meeting with US President Barack Obama after becoming the Prime Minister.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, has invited Modi for one of the last big visits by a world leader before his term ends in January. 

During his two-day visit to the US, starting on June 7, Modi  will address a Joint Meeting of the US Congress and hold talks with  Obama to review the progress made in key areas of defence, security and energy.

At the invitation of the US President Barack Obama, the Prime Minister will visit Washington DC on June 7-8, 2016, the External Affairs Ministry announced today.

"The main objective of the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister would be to consolidate the progress made in diverse areas such as economy, energy, environment, defence and security, and to intensify cooperation for the future," it said.

The Prime Minister has also been invited by the Speaker of the US House of Representative, Paul Ryan, to address a Joint Meeting of the US Congress which he has accepted, it added.

He will be the fifth prime minister of India to address a joint meeting of Congress.

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