Narendra Modi accepts Obamas invitation for US visit in September
Posted on: 05/Jun/2014 11:02:53 AM
United States President Barack Obama has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit US. Modi has accepted Obama`s invitation and this will be his first trip to US. Modi will be attending UN General Assembly meeting in New York for two days and will have a bilateral meeting with Obama which will focus on fostering ties between India and the US and economic ties.
The move signals a new start in ties with Modi who was once denied a visa by the United States by the George Bush administration due to 2002 Gujarat riots.
Sources suggest that the bilateral meeting between the two leaders has been tentatively fixed between September 25 to September 30.
The US had on 14 May said that the heads of state and government are eligible for A1 visas and no individual automatically qualifies for an American visa.
