Narendra Modi Egypt Visit Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi today. This is the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Egypt in 26 years. On Saturday, he arrived in Cairo as part of his two-nation visit, marking his first visit to Egypt as Prime Minister. Welcomed by Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Modi’s state visit to Egypt is scheduled from June 24 to 25.
Prime Minister Modi held discussions with President El-Sisi, as well as hold interactions with high-ranking officials from the Egyptian government, notable personalities from Egypt, and the Indian community residing there, as stated by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The MEA further emphasized that the relations between India and Egypt are built upon historical trade and economic ties, along with strong cultural and people-to-people connections.
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PM Modi in US Live Updates:
PM Modi has drawn a massive praise from Indian community at Washington after he announces that people of Indian origin will not have to leave the US for getting H-1B visa renewal.
Addressing the Indian community in Washington, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is the mother of democracy and the US is the champion of modern democracy. He added that the world is watching the strengthening of ties of two great democracies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for Egypt after concluding his US State Visit during which he held talks with President Joe Biden and addressed the Joint Session of Congress. (PTI)
The two countries have seen convergence on global issues and their growing ties will be a boost for “make in India and make for world” efforts, PM Modi said. He also referred to the agreements on technology transfer, boosting manufacturing and strengthening industrial supply chain.
Prime Minister Modi said the coming together of Indian talent and US's technological advancement guarantees a bright future. He said the business honchos have come from every sector– from agriculture to space — with some of them representing well-established forms while some others leading start-ups. On his part, Biden said their partnership will ensure a free, more secure and prosperous future for our children.
“Our cooperation matters, not just for our people but quite frankly to the whole world, as our partnership is about more than the next breakthrough or the next deal as big as they may be,” Biden said. It is about tackling climate change, about exploring the universe, about lifting people out of poverty, preventing pandemics and giving our citizens real opportunity, the president added. Modi's four-day state visit to the US have been dubbed historic and path-breaking by Indian officials and is being seen as a breakthrough in India's quest to get the US to agree to critical cooperation in cutting-edge technologies including their transfer and joint research. (PTI)
#watch | US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti speaks on PM Modi's visit, "I feel that AI is the future- America and India. We had more things that we got done than any other in the history. This was an exceptional visit. We are now in the deepest and the broadest friendship of… pic.twitter.com/CQX5YxqUqw
Pakistan on Friday criticized the United States and India after President Joe Biden met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House and both leaders called on Pakistan to ensure its territory was not used as a base for militant attacks.
Pakistan's foreign ministry said a joint U.S.-Indian statement was “unwarranted, one-sided, and misleading”. The reference to Islamabad in it was “contrary to diplomatic norms,” it said. The ministry added that it was surprised by the joint statement and said it had “close counterterrorism cooperation” with the United States. Relations between India and Pakistan have been fraught for years. Since independence from Britain in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two of them over the Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule in part. The joint U.S.-Indian statement said: “They (Biden and Modi) strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, the use of terrorist proxies and called on Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure that no territory under its control is used for launching terrorist attacks.” Pakistan's foreign ministry said India was using the allegations of extremism against Islamabad to deflect from the situation in Kashmir and the treatment of minorities in India. (Reuters)
#watch | Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in Washington, DC. pic.twitter.com/PCLnqiYEQ4
AI is the future, be it Artificial Intelligence or America-India! Our nations are stronger together, our planet is better when we work in collaboration. pic.twitter.com/wTEPJ5mcbo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (local time) highlighted the accomplishments in the India-US relationship over the past nine years during a luncheon hosted by the US State Department. “In 2014 during my visit to the US, President Biden who was at the US State Dept at the time defined India-US friendship as “A promise over the horizon.” In the last 9 years, we have taken a long and beautiful journey together in areas of defence, emerging technologies & trade. We are progressing as we work in the frameworks of Quad and I2U2. India and US can be seen working together,” said PM Modi. He said that the melodious song of relations between India and America had been threaded with the tunes of people-to-people ties. “Bharat aur America ke sambandhon ki madhur geetmala, people to people ties ke suron se piroyi gayi hai. We get to see examples of these relations at every step,” said PM Modi. (ANI)
#watch | Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Boeing CEO David L. Calhoun in Washington, DC. pic.twitter.com/yq2VnAwTgU
#watch | Dilip Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner for New York City Mayor's Office for International Affairs, says "PM Modi's visit made US and India's ties stronger than before. Several investments have been announced during the visit. Around 120 thousand Indian American doctors are… pic.twitter.com/QiLC55mT2N
“I think it has been a phenomenally successful visit. PM Modi's global leadership has been fully acknowledged…I think this visit in particular, in terms of US-India relationships, has been taken to another level whether it is in critical or emerging technologies or in the area of aircraft engines or multiple areas which are needed to each other. So, I think there is full recognition of India's role in the world, PM's leadership role..,” says Executive Director World Bank for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka Parameswaran Iyer
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the coming together of Indian talent and US's technological advancement guarantees a bright future as he met business honchos of the two countries at the White House. “This morning (meeting) is only among a few friends but has brought with it the guarantee of a bright future,” Modi said in his remarks at the India-US Hi-Tech Handshake Event as President Joe Biden nodded. This is a great opportunity to take along President Biden's vision and capabilities and India's aspirations and possibilities, Modi said, thanking the US leader for his presence at the meeting. He referred to the development as “honhaar, shandaar, dhardaar” in Hindi and said it will pave the way for a new future. The meeting came at a time the two countries look to deepen their ties in the high-tech sector. Prime Minister Modi said the coming together of Indian talent and US's technological advancement guarantees a bright future. He said the business honchos have come from every sector– from agriculture to space — with some of them representing well-established forms while some others leading start-ups.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, AMD CEO Lisa Su, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams were among the American representatives who participated in the meeting. Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Zerodha and True Beacon co-founder Nikhil Kamath and 3rdiTech co-founder Vrinda Kapoor joined the meeting as part of the India business delegation. (PTI)
Lockheed Martin India Vice-President William Blair, says “Prime Minister Modi's visit is truly historic. This visit is going to take our relationship to the next level… We already have two joint ventures with TATA in India for over a decade now. We are engaged in supply chains with hundreds of suppliers and we have already exported nearly $650 million worth of defence products from India to the US”
US President Joe Biden presented a special T-Shirt to PM Narendra Modi with the PM's quote on AI, reports ANI
John Kirby, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications says, “India has to make its own choices about (Russian) oil purchases and we hope that we can continue to see that they purchase Russian oil at or below the price cap, as they have been.”
President Biden made it clear during this visit that there is just simply no partner that is going to be more consequential in helping solve problems than India: John Kirby, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications
#watch | "...This State visit (of PM Narendra Modi) wasn't about China. India has challenges with China as well right on their doorstep. Clearly, the challenges presented by the PRC to both our nations were on the agenda yesterday. But this wasn't about leveraging India to be… pic.twitter.com/2iCYnpM8Uw
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday opened the final day of the Indian prime minister's four-day U.S. visit by meeting top American and Indian executives as the leaders look to increase cooperation on artificial intelligence, semiconductor production and space.The leaders are putting a spotlight on the “Innovation Handshake,” a new initiative aimed at addressing regulatory hurdles that stand in the way of cooperation between the two countries and promoting job growth in emerging technologies.“Our countries are taking innovation and cooperation to new levels,” Biden told the group, which included Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. “We’re going to see more technological change … in the next 10 years than we’ve seen in the last 50 years.”White House officials say India's deep talent pool will be crucial in building more resilient supply chains and developing technology to address climate change. All this comes as the administration has sought to put the U.S.-India relationship on a higher plane in the face of an ascendant China in the Indo-Pacific.Modi commended Biden for seeing “the possibility that India represents.”“This is definitely a guarantee for a bright future,” Modi added. (AP)
US Vice President Kamala Harris thanks Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India decided to join the Artemis Accords. PM Modi made the announcement on 22nd June.
In 2014 during my visit to the US, President Biden who was at the US State Dept at the time defined India-US friendship as “A promise over the horizon.” In the last 9 years, we have taken a long & beautiful journey together in areas of defence, emerging technologies & trade. We are progressing as we work in the frameworks of Quad and I2U2. India and US can be seen working together: PM Modi at State Luncheon in Washington D.C
“Bharat aur America ke sambandhon ki madhur geetmala, people to people ties ke suron se piroyi gayi hai,” says PM Narendra Modi at the Luncheon hosted by US State Department “…Your achievements are a major inspiration not only for the US but also for women in India and across the world,” PM tells US Vice President Kamala Harris
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the coming together of talent and technology guarantees a brighter future. “The coming together of talent and technology guarantees a brighter future,” said PM Modi at the Hi-Tech Handshake event with top CEOs of the US and India at the White House. The Prime Minister during the event met Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Reliance Industries Chairman & MD Mukesh Ambani, Zerodha & True Beacon Co-Founder Nikhil Kamath and several others present. US President Joe Biden during the event said India, US “cooperation matters, not just for our own people but quite frankly to the whole world as our partnership is about more than the next breakthrough or the next deal as big as they may be. It is about tackling climate change, about exploring the universe, about lifting people out of poverty, preventing pandemics & giving our citizens real opportunity.” (ANI)
#watch | Washington, DC | PM Narendra Modi raises a toast to India-US friendship and to peace and prosperity of the citizens of India and the US pic.twitter.com/U1EbUpI3Yo
“I would like to thank VP Kamala Harris & Secretary Bleimklen for this grand welcome. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to you for your warm words. Today, I am delighted to be before you once again at the State Department. In the last 3 days, I participated in numerous meetings. In all these meetings, one thing was common. Everyone agreed that friendship and cooperation should further deepen between the people of India & US,” says PM Modi
As I travel the world as Vice-President, I've seen the impact India's global impact. In South East Asia, India-made vaccines saved lives. In the African continent, India's long-standing partnerships support prosperity and security. Through the Indo-Pacific, India helps promote a free and open region: US Vice-President Kamala Harris
“…Here in the US, India is part of our daily lives. We enjoy our Jhumpa Lahiri's novels over samosas. We laugh at the comedies of Mindy Kaling. We dance to the beats of Diljit at Coachella. We keep ourselves more or less fit and healthy doing Yoga,” says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raises a toast to the India-US relations at the State Luncheon attended by PM Modi
“Whether we call it the American dream or Indian dream…our people believe profoundly in opportunity. No matter who we are or where we come from, we can make something more of ourselves…,” says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he raises a toast “to the shared hopes of the US and India”