WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will host India's Narendra Modi for a state visit in June, it was announced on Wednesday (May 10), as Washington courts New Delhi as a bulwark against China. The state visit, the highest level of diplomatic reception, will boost the United States and India's 'shared commi
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will host India's Narendra Modi for a state visit in June, it was announced on Wednesday , as Washington courts New Delhi as a bulwark against China.
Washington has long sought to boost India as a counterinfluence to an increasingly assertive China in Asia - and New Delhi, worried about Beijing's build-up on the other side of its border, has also sought to build ties. This time India is understood to have sought the highest level of protocol for a head of state. The trip will include a state dinner.
Nonetheless, he is a leader much courted by the West: He will also be the guest of honour at the Jul 14 Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
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