How many times has PM Modi visited America, the first state visit on June 21, what is its meaning?

Narendra Modi US visit: prime minister of india Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) will once again visit America (US) this month. Till now Modi has gone to America a total of 7 times, but between June 21 and 24 he will be on his first state visit to America. Therefore, the discussions about this visit started many days back.

According to the PMO portal, Prime Minister Modi is going to visit America for the 8th time in 9 years of his tenure, and this will be his first state visit. During this, Modi will be the chief guest of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. America had given this honor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009 before Modi. Foreign affairs experts say that Prime Minister Modi’s upcoming US tour is going to be very special, because during that time many important deals can be done in both the countries. There can also be new agreements to increase mutual cooperation between America and India.

Why is Modi’s state visit to America special?
Let us tell you that ‘state dinner’ is given to the Prime Minister, President or King of any country making a state visit in America. Prime Minister Modi is one of the few leaders who will be given the American ‘State Dinner’ this year on the invitation of the US President. ‘State Dinner’ can be called a state dinner. When the Prime Minister, President or King of a country makes an official visit to another country, it is called a state visit. However, it is a matter of pride for India that during the 4-year tenure of the US President, only one leader can get such an invitation, which Prime Minister Modi has received.

The US government will host Prime Minister Modi, and as the host country bears all the expenses of the state visit, the money will be spent by the US during this period. There Prime Minister Modi can be given a salute of 21 guns. The national anthem of both the countries will be played by the military band. There will be an exchange of gifts between the heads of the two countries.

This journey will be remembered for 50 years
To make this visit of Prime Minister Modi memorable, teams of foreign and defense ministries of both India and America have gathered. His effort is that from a strategic point of view, Prime Minister Modi’s visit should be remembered for the next 5 decades. That means this journey will be remembered for 50 years. For this, many types of commercial, defense and space related agreements are expected.

Engines will be made for 350 fighter planes
During this visit of Prime Minister Modi, a big deal can be made to manufacture the American jet engines used in the Indian fighter aircraft ‘Tejas’ in India. This deal can be signed between American company General Electric (GE) and Hindustan Aeronautics.

Deal of armed drones worth 22 thousand crores
There can also be a deal between the US and India to buy 30 MQ-9 B armed drones. There is an estimate that this deal will be worth 22 thousand crores. Out of the drones that will come, 10 drones will be given to the three armies of India. Those drones will be needed for military operations in China and Pakistan.

Idea Summit will be organized in India
The US-India Business Council will hold ‘Idea’ summit to increase cooperation in space, energy and business matters between India and America, this summit will be held in Delhi. It will be attended by top representatives of companies from both the countries.

Defense partnership between the two countries will be strengthened
America’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin came to India before Prime Minister Modi’s visit to America. He outlined the conversation to be held during the meeting of Prime Minister Modi and Biden. Lloyd Austin told that there will be a new initiative to strengthen the defense partnership between the two countries. It has been called INDUS-X. It will be started by Prime Minister Modi during his visit to America.

Agreements that bring warmth in Indo-US relations
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to America will be new agreements that will bring warmth in Indo-US relations. In 2016, LEMOA (Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement) was signed between India and America. After that COMCASA (Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement) happened in 2018. Under which the armies of both the countries can sell technology to each other. In 2020, BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement) was signed between the two countries. Now there is a possibility of an agreement between the two countries to share military technology, logistics and maps.

The trust and confidence that is there today was not there a decade ago

This visit of Prime Minister Modi has many meanings. First- Now America considers India as iron and it has realized very well that it is not capable of leading the world without taking India along. To stop the growing influence of China, it will have to take India along. Now both the countries are coming closer to each other. Many more agreements are going to happen in both. Therefore, Kurt Campbell, the top official of the Biden administration, says that the trust and confidence that the two countries have today was not there a decade ago. Kurt Campbell, who holds the affairs of the Indo-Pacific region, believes that India is playing a strategically important role at the global level.

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