Obama, Modi To Meet On 29-30 September

"They will also focus on regional issues, including current developments in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, where India and the United States can work together with partners towards a positive outcome," he said.

Caitlin Hayden, Spokesperson of the National Security Council, said, "We'll provide more details about the Prime Minister's visit closer to the end of the month, but the fact that there will be interactions over two days is a signal of the importance we place on the US-India relationship."

The meeting will mark Modi's first visit to the U.S. since his party swept to victory in general elections in May.

In 2005, the US State Department had revoked a visa that Modi had for travelling to the U.S. in the wake of the 2002 riots in Gujarat. He never applied for an American visa after the move.
Soon after his record electoral victory in the May general elections, Obama had called Modi personally and invited him for a meeting in September.

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