Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington DC on Friday. This will be the first in-person meeting between the two world leaders after Joe Biden took charge as the US President in January this year.

PM Modi and President Biden are expected to broaden the scope of India-US ties and discuss areas of mutual interest. The two leaders will review bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries.

The meeting at the White House is expected to discuss concerns over current regional security following the recent developments in Afghanistan. Discussions over climate change, vaccine exports, free and open Indo-Pacific are also on the table.

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Read the live updates of the first in-person bilateral meet between PM Modi and President Biden HERE.

PM MODI MEETS US V-P KAMALA HARRIS

Ahead of the bilateral meeting, PM Narendra Modi met US vice-president Kamala Harris and congratulated her on her election to the post. PM Modi also extended an invitation to the US vice-president to visit India soon.

PM Modi described India and America as “natural partners” and during the meeting the two leaders decided to further cement the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed global issues of common interest, including threats to democracy, Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific.

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“India and America are natural partners. We have similar values, similar geopolitical interests,” PM Modi said in a joint media appearance with Kamala Harris, the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected as the vice-president of the United States.

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