LIVE: Modi meets Obama at White House, to issue joint statement shortly
20:33 IST(30/9/2014) | Last Updated: 22:30 IST(30/9/2014)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the White House on
Tuesday and is having his first formal talks with US President Barack
Obama. Modi approached the West Wing of the presidential complex in a
black sports utility vehicle before the Oval Office meeting, after
driving through a color guard of US troops and Marines in ceremonial
dress.
Modi and Obama are meeting at Oval House. The meeting is said to be the centrepiece of Modi's two-day visit to the White House.
Earlier in the day, in a joint editorial in a major US daily, the PM and Obama said the election of a new government was "a natural opportunity to broaden and deepen our relationship."
"With a reinvigorated level of ambition and greater confidence,
we can go beyond modest and conventional goals. It is time to set a new
agenda, one that realizes concrete benefits for our citizens," they
wrote in The Washington Post.
Modi had earlier posted on Twitter that he had a "wonderful meeting" with Obama after a private dinner hosted by the US President at the White House on Monday evening.
They had vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries' strategic partnership and make it a model for the rest of the world.
In a joint "vision statement" called 'Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go', the two leaders said they would work together "not just for the benefit of both our nations, but for the benefit of the world."
"We have a vision that the United States and India will have a transformative relationship as trusted partners in the 21st century. Our partnership will be a model for the rest of the world," they had said in their statement.
Read: Modi, Obama raise the bar for bilateral ties in joint oped
They said their countries would cooperate on security and to fight terrorism and would back a "rules based" global order in which India assumes greater multilateral responsibility, including a reformed UN Security Council.
They also vowed to work together against the threat posed by climate change and to cooperate to address the consequences of unchecked pollution.
The two leaders also said their countries would work to ensure that economic growth brought better livelihoods for all people and stressed the importance of open markets and fair and transparent practices to allow trade to flourish.
Washington has been keen to expand business and security ties with India, which it sees as a key counterbalance to an increasingly assertive China in Asia.
Obama has backed New Delhi's bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
(With inputs from agencies)
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Modi in US
Earlier in the day, in a joint editorial in a major US daily, the PM and Obama said the election of a new government was "a natural opportunity to broaden and deepen our relationship."
Modi had earlier posted on Twitter that he had a "wonderful meeting" with Obama after a private dinner hosted by the US President at the White House on Monday evening.
They had vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries' strategic partnership and make it a model for the rest of the world.
In a joint "vision statement" called 'Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go', the two leaders said they would work together "not just for the benefit of both our nations, but for the benefit of the world."
"We have a vision that the United States and India will have a transformative relationship as trusted partners in the 21st century. Our partnership will be a model for the rest of the world," they had said in their statement.
Read: Modi, Obama raise the bar for bilateral ties in joint oped
They said their countries would cooperate on security and to fight terrorism and would back a "rules based" global order in which India assumes greater multilateral responsibility, including a reformed UN Security Council.
They also vowed to work together against the threat posed by climate change and to cooperate to address the consequences of unchecked pollution.
The two leaders also said their countries would work to ensure that economic growth brought better livelihoods for all people and stressed the importance of open markets and fair and transparent practices to allow trade to flourish.
Washington has been keen to expand business and security ties with India, which it sees as a key counterbalance to an increasingly assertive China in Asia.
Obama has backed New Delhi's bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
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