Washington: United States President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden and other cabinet members are all set for a high-level engagement with Indian leaders, in a series of meetings scheduled later this month. Anticipated to be the highest level of talks between both, India and the US, since Obama's visit to New Delhi in January, both the leaders will meet in New York on September 28. While no official announcements have been made yet, the proposal itself comes as a reflection of the commitment put in by Obama and Modi towards the bilateral relationship.
Modi, would be taking an overnight flight from Silicon Valley on September 27 after addressing the Indian-Americans at the SAP Center in San Jose to the Big Apple for his likely meeting with Obama, sources said. Notably in the January joint statement, the two leaders had committed themselves for a more regular meeting. Modi-Obama meeting in New York would cap more than a week of high level India-US engagement, most of which would be held in Washington DC, the sources said.
Vice President Biden is himself keen to be part of the India-US engagement. It was he who, during his visit to India a few years ago, had set the ambitious goal of increasing the bilateral trade from the current USD 100 billion to USD 500 billion per annum.
