PM Modi US visit: US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House for the State dinner on Thursday (local time).
US President, First Lady Jill Biden welcome PM Modi at White House for State dinner, guests include several big-wigs
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The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and etc are amongst the US officials who attended the State Dinner at the White House.
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy also arrived at the White House for the event and said that India and US have a very strong relationship.
McCarthy told to the media, “We had a great time with Prime Minister Modi. We have a very strong relationship, PM Modi continues to make that grow and make both nations stronger.”
Eric Garcetti said, after he entered the White House for the State Dinner, “It has been wonderful, beyond my wildest dreams. It has grown so strong, this is not just the relationship between two men, or two governments, its really two peoples.”
With the political bigwigs, the Indian business tycoons Chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani and wife Nita Ambani, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra were among the stalwarts who attended State Dinner at the White House.
Indra Nooyi, former Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo also joined State Dinner at the White House.
Several CEOs were also among the invitees to the State dinner. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were in attendance.
Zerodha Co-Founder Nikhil Kamath was also on the guest list, alongside Indian-American filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan to reach the White House for the State Dinner.
Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen was also invited.
Prime Minister Modi is currently on his sixth visit and maiden State visit to the US.
A ‘state visit’ holds a special significance as compared to other foreign visits, as this is a formal visit by the head of state to a foreign country at the invitation of the head of state hosting him.
The visit signifies the highest expression of friendly bilateral ties between two sovereign nations. Also, during a State visit, the leader extending the invitation acts as the official host of the visiting head of state through the course of the trip.
