Kumar Rakesh
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 17th June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the USA and Egypt from 20 to 25 June 2023.
At the invitation of Joseph Biden, President of the USA and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Prime Minister Modi will pay an Official State Visit to the USA.
The visit will commence in New York, where the Prime Minister will lead the celebrations of the International Day of Yoga at the United Nations Headquarters on June 21.
The International Day of Yoga strives to enhance global awareness of the numerous advantages of yoga practice. Recognizing its international appeal, the United Nations declared June 21 as International Day of Yoga in December 2014.
“On the occasion of the 9th International Day of Yoga, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations cordially invites you to join a Yoga session led by H. E. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi,” an advisory for the event said.
Nine years after Prime Minister Modi suggested from the UN General Assembly podium that International Yoga Day be celebrated annually, the Indian leader will be visiting the UN Headquarters for the first time to lead the yoga session in a historic observance of the day.
The Yoga session will take place on June 21 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the wide North Lawn of the UN Headquarters, where a bust of Mahatma Gandhi, a gift from India to the UN, was unveiled last December during India’s Presidency of the UN Security Council.
Prime Minister Modi will thereafter travel to Washington D.C., where he will receive a ceremonial welcome at the White House on June 22, and meet President Biden to continue their high-level dialogue.
President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will host a State Dinner in honour of the Prime Minister the same evening.
At the invitation of Congressional Leaders, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Prime Minister Modi will address a Joint Sitting of the U.S. Congress on June 22.
On June 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be jointly hosted at a luncheon by Kamala Harris, Vice President and Antony Bilnken, Secretary of State.
In addition to the official engagements, Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to have several curated interactions with leading CEOs, professionals, and other stakeholders.
He will also meet members of the Indian Diaspora.
The Prime Minister will subsequently travel to Cairo to pay a State Visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt from 24-25 June 2023.
The visit is at the invitation of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt, which he extended to the Prime Minister in January 2023 when he graced our Republic Day celebrations as the ‘Chief Guest’.
This will be Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to Egypt.
Apart from his talks with President Sisi, Prime Minister Modi is likely to interact with senior dignitaries from the Egyptian Government, some prominent Egyptian personalities, as well as the Indian community in Egypt.
Relations between India and Egypt are based on ancient trade and economic linkages as well as cultural and deep-rooted people-to-people ties.
During the State Visit of President Sisi in January 2023, it was agreed to elevate the relationship to a ‘Strategic Partnership’.
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