 "PM Modi announces new Indian consulates in Boston and Los Angeles, invites Trump to visit India")
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India would soon open its new consulates in Boston and Los Angeles, inviting US President Donald Trump to visit New Delhi. The remarks from PM Modi came while he was addressing a joint press conference with Trump. He said that these consulates would deepen the “people-to-people” ties between India and the United States.
“Indian community living in the US is an important link to our relationships… To enhance our people-to-people ties - we will soon open our consulates in Los Angeles and Boston. We have invited the universities of the US to open offshore campuses in India,” the prime minister said at the joint presser. “President Trump, I thank you for your friendship and determination for India,” he furthered.
#WATCH | Washington, DC | PM Narendra Modi says, "The people of India, even today, remember your (President Trump) visit of 2020, and they hope that you'll see them again. On behalf of 140 crore people of India, I invite you to come to India..."
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It is pertinent to note that PM Modi first announced the establishment of both consulates in September last year, during his visit to the US under former US President Joe Biden’s administration “Friends last year, I announced that our government had plans to open a new consulate in Seattle. It is now operational. I had asked for suggestions from you for two more consulates. I am happy to announce that after reviewing your suggestions, India has decided to open two new consulates in Boston and Los Angeles,” the PM said at an event in New York, last year.
PM Modi to host Trump at Quad Leader’s Summit
During the joint press briefing, PM Modi went on to invite Trump to India for the upcoming Quad Leaders’ Summit. According to the joint statement, both leaders “reaffirmed commitment to Quad and Indo–Pacific.”
“Prime Minister Modi looks forward to hosting President Trump in New Delhi for the Quad leaders’ Summit, ahead of which the leaders will activate new Quad initiatives on shared airlift capacity to support civilian response to natural disasters and maritime patrols to improve interoperability,” the joint statement reads.
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More ShortsThe two leaders further launched the Indian Ocean Strategic Venture, which is a new bilateral, whole-of-government forum to advance coordinated investments in economic connectivity and commerce. The joint statement further called for the countries to “plan to build new plurilateral anchor partnerships in the Western Indian Ocean, Middle East, and Indo-Pacific to grow relationships, commerce and cooperation across defence, technology, energy and critical minerals.”
With inputs from agencies.
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