Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his five-nation tour with a short stop in Afghanistan on Saturday.
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Part of Mr Obama’s “unfinished agenda for India” is to involve New Delhi in supporting the United States in the Asia Pacific, said TP Sreenivasan, a retired Indian diplomat.
Adequate security arrangements have been made to make the rally trouble-free.
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Odisha has the optimum natural resources like coal, iron ore and sea, but it is still poor.
Modi’s first stopover in Afghanistan, the country he will be visiting for the second time in six months, is aimed at conveying the message to Pakistan that India will continue to remain engaged in the war-torn country.
India needs to address issues like extra judicial killings, religious intolerance and human trafficking, U.S. senator Ben Cardin said in New Delhi this week.
On 8 June, he will address a joint session of the US Congress.
The BJP state leader said that since the Congress led State government will not bother to popularize the Central schemes, it will be the duty of each and every party worker to inform the people about the benefits they can reap by availing the central schemes. “We are engaged with all NSG members regarding this issue and Switzerland is definitely an important member and definitely, I would expect it to come up”, he said.
Meanwhile, a series of protests have been planned against Modi during the visit.
In Qatar, the PM will meet the Prince of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who had also visited India a year ago.
In a submission to the United States commerce secretary, the National Association of Manufacturers urged Washington to press for change during a visit by Modi in June.
On Thursday, Indian Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said the survey methodology of the NGO is “fallacious” and is an attempt to “tarnish” the country’s image.
Switzerland is India’s fifth largest trading partner, globally, and the 11th largest investor in India. India and Qatar have a comprehensive defence cooperation agreement that was signed in 2008 during the visit of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to address a public meeting at Balasore on June 2. Besides official engagements, he will interact with business leaders in these countries to explain how the government has made it simpler and easier to invest and to business in India. The focus of the visit will be on expanding economic cooperation and seeking its support for India’s NSG membership.
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The Prime Minister will leave for India on the evening of June 8.
