Modi is one of about 109 leaders to address the General Assembly in person.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the White House on September 24 to participate in a Quad leaders summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Mr. Modi will then travel to New York, where he will address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday morning. The Quad meeting of Mr. Modi, Mr. Biden and the Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia Yoshihide Suga and Scott Morrison is the first in-person meeting of its kind at the White House.
The four leaders will review progress made since their first virtual summit in March, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. Specifically, they will review the Quad Vaccine Initiative, a plan to manufacture (in India) at least 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines, for distribution in Asia by the end of 2022.
“Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” the White House said on Tuesday.
The leaders “will also exchange views on contemporary global issues such as critical and emerging technologies, connectivity and infrastructure, cyber security, maritime security, humanitarian assistance/ disaster relief, climate change and education”, the MEA said.
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