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Last updated: Jun 23, 2023 at 05:09 AM IST
Washington DC, USA (USA)
Prime Minister Modi addresses a joint meeting of the US Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy listen behind him in Washington. (Reuters)
This keynote address comes after Prime Minister Modi and President Biden held a joint press conference at the White House
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that any hesitation in Indo-US relations goes back to the past, stressing that the two democracies are currently at a critical juncture and that he is visiting the country to address the “call of the century”.
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“The frequencies of history are behind us. In his address to the US Congress, Modi said, “When our times stand at a crossroads, I am here to speak on the call to the century.”
In addressing US lawmakers, Modi laid out his vision for the future of what is being described as “the most important bilateral partnership”.
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This keynote address comes after Prime Minister Modi and President Biden held a joint press conference at the White House.
This is the second time that Modi has addressed the US Congress. Modi addressed the US Congress for the first time during his visit to the US in 2016.
“A lot has changed since I came here seven summers ago. But a lot has remained the same, such as our commitment to deepening our friendship between India and the United States,” he added.
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Earlier, Prime Minister Modi echoed a similar message at the White House press conference where he said that India and the US have left behind the old buyer-seller relationship between the two countries.
The close defense cooperation between India and the US is the result of mutual trust and common strategic goals. “After leaving the old buyer-seller relationship, we have moved forward towards technology transfer, joint development, and co-production,” Modi said during a joint press conference.
Prior to pressing, the two leaders held bilateral discussions in an expanded format that covered a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation including trade, investment, defense and security, science and technology, and energy.
Modi and Biden reviewed the full scope of Indo-US relations and discussed ways to deepen the partnership. They also discussed climate action, education, health and people-to-people relations between the two countries.
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