Modi to meet Harris tomorrow
US Vice-President Kamala Harris will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on September 23, a day ahead of the maiden bilateral meet between him and President Joe Biden and the Quad Summit at the White House, officials have said.
“The Vice President will meet with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India,” a White House official said.
This will be the first meeting between the two leaders. Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis.
Harris is the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected as the vice-president of the United States.
During this week, when world leaders will gather in New York to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Harris, according to the White House, is scheduled to hold meetings with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday and President of Ghana
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday.
On Wednesday, she will also lead a session at the President’s virtual COVID Summit on building back better and preparing and preventing future pandemics, according to a senior White House official.
Modi will arrive in Washington on September 22 and will be meeting with top US CEOs
Meanwhile, Modi will also meet Australian Prime Minister Scot Morrison and Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga on the same day.
A meeting with Apple chief Tim Cook is also on the cards. However, officials did not confirm the details of the meet and said that the schedule is still being worked out.