Ahead of PM Modi’s state visit, US says, ‘Partnership with India one of the most consequential relationships’

#WATCH | Vedant Patel, US Principal Deputy Spokesperson speaks on the question of PM Narendra Modi’s Official State Visit to the upcoming US; says, “…I will reiterate again that our partnership with India is one of the most consequential. It is a consequential relationship. We… pic.twitter.com/CDVlxB8dxo

— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2023

For the first time in nine years, PM Modi will travel to the US for an official state visit from June 21 to 24, where he will be hosted by US President Joe Biden at the White House.

The previous state visit by an Indian Prime Minister was undertaken by former PM Manmohan Singh from November 23 to 25, 2009. Although PM Modi has made several visits to the US throughout his tenure, none of them were officially designated as state visits, which hold the highest level of diplomatic protocol.

With anticipation building around Modi’s state visit to the US, a number of influential Indian-American US Congress members have highlighted its significance.

Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), remarked that the India and the US have to utilise their strengths to provide a viable alternative to authoritarian Chinese model.

“I think we have to discuss how we strengthen security arrangements within the Indo-Pacific area. How do we leverage our strengths? How do we make sure that we are able to maintain an international rules-based order in that region among others?” the 49-year-old Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat, told news agency PTI in a response to a question.

Highlighting the significant role India plays on the global stage, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said: “We are two democracies. Our constitutions both start with ‘We, the People’. We have similar sets of values historically, and we have similar challenges.”

“It is clear that India has an incredibly important role to play in the world,” Jayapal told PTI during an interview with PTI at the Indian-American Impact Summit on June 7 in Washington. According to her, it is evident that India holds a crucial position in shaping the world’s affairs.