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Washington – : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in June 2023 will set new benchmarks for bilateral relations and major announcements on defense industrial cooperation and a boost to India’s indigenous military fleet are expected, the Pentagon has said. There is a possibility. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to pay a state visit to the US this month at the invitation of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. His four-day visit will begin on June 21.
The Biden couple is scheduled to host PM Modi at a state banquet on 22 June. Eli Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said, “When Prime Minister Modi arrives in Washington for a state visit later this month, I think it will prove to be a historic visit that sets new benchmarks in the relationship between the two countries.” Will happen.
“I think it (the visit) will be seen in the same way that the ‘2+2’ talks with Japan earlier this year were seen as a significant moment in the relationship,” he said. People are going to see this visit of Prime Minister Modi as a real leap forward in US-India relations.
Ratner said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently visited India to take forward a number of bilateral issues and to prepare the ground for the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington to finalize specific agreements and plans. “Establishing clear strategic plans on the issue of co-development and co-production between the US and India in defense-related matters will be a priority of this visit,” he said.
Strengthening India’s indigenous defense industrial infrastructure as well as speeding up military modernization has been a priority for Prime Minister Modi. US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval in January this year The United States launched a significant initiative for Technology (ICET) aimed at promoting technology cooperation between the US and India, and the defense sector is a very strong component of this initiative that both countries want to pursue.
