Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on Saturday, the place he’s scheduled to handle the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which was held final 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Modi took off from Washington to New York after holding their first bilateral assembly With US President Joe Biden within the Oval Office of the White House and attended his first private Quad summit on Friday. On Friday, he additionally attended the primary in individual. Quad Leaders Summit on the White House With Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan’s Yoshihide Suga.
During his assembly with Modi, Biden emphasised Covid, local weather change and the Quad as three matters of dialogue. Modi talked about custom, expertise, expertise, enterprise and trusteeship (Five T’s). They talked for about 20 minutes after which held the assembly for about an hour. Modi, who spoke after Biden within the Oval Office, mentioned the following decade can be a “transformative period” in India-US relations, and famous the “democratic values, traditions to which both countries are committed” and added that “their Significance” Traditions will solely develop extra”.
#Watch | PM Narendra Modi met folks exterior the lodge in New York and raised slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.
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Modi will tackle the overall debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday. The theme of this 12 months’s common debate is “Building Resilience Through Hope of Recovering from COVID-19, Rebuilding Sustainably, Responding to the Needs of the Planet, Respecting People’s Rights and Revitalizing the United Nations.”
“Landed in New York City. Will address UNGA on 25th at 6:30 PM (IST),” the Prime Minister mentioned in a tweet.
The Prime Minister was acquired on the airport by India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu and India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti.
“Voicing the sentiments of India’s 1.3 billion folks! PM @narendramodi will attain New York tomorrow to handle the 76th UNGA. India’s present membership of the @UN Security Council assumes even larger significance!,” the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned in a tweet.
According to the second tentative listing of audio system for the General Assembly, about 109 heads of state and authorities will tackle the overall debate in individual and about 60 will ship speeches by way of pre-recorded video statements.
Modi final addressed the United Nations General Assembly session in 2019. Last 12 months, world leaders submitted pre-recorded video statements to the UN General Assembly session in September, as heads of state and authorities couldn’t bodily attend the annual gathering. Coronavirus pandemic.
This was the primary time within the 75-year historical past of the United Nations {that a} high-level session had gone digital. This 12 months too, the choice of sending pre-recorded statements has been stored open for world leaders because the pandemic continues to rage in lots of nations around the globe.
Modi will return to India after addressing the Mahasabha.
(with inputs from PTI)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
