US President Biden is not going to ‘lecture’ PM Modi on human rights: White House

By Reuters: US President Joe Biden welcomes India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Wednesday for 2 days of talks that the White House sees as bolstering “one of the defining partnerships of our age,” regardless of ongoing considerations about human rights.

Washington needs India to be a strategic counterweight to China whereas Modi is looking for to boost the affect that his nation, now the world’s most populous, has on the world stage.

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Biden and Modi are anticipated to announce a wide range of agreements associated to protection cooperation and gross sales, synthetic intelligence, quantum computing and investments in India by Micron Technology and different US firms.

Biden is anticipated to convey up US considerations about democratic backsliding in India, however he is not going to lecture Modi on the topic, White House nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan instructed reporters.

When the US sees challenges to press, non secular or different freedoms, “we make our views known,” Sullivan stated. He added: “We do so in a way where we don’t seek to lecture or assert that we don’t have challenges ourselves.”

“Ultimately, the question of where politics and the question of democratic institutions go in India is going to be determined within India by Indians. It’s not going to be determined by the United States,” Sullivan stated.

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Modi has been to the United States 5 instances since changing into prime minister in 2014, however the journey shall be his first with the complete diplomatic standing of a state go to, regardless of considerations over what’s seen as a deteriorating human rights scenario below his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

Biden is below strain by his fellow Democrats to convey up human rights with Modi. Modi is being warmly greeted by US CEOs, together with at a Friday reception. On Tuesday, he met with Tesla’s Elon Musk in New York.

Both Biden and Modi are grappling with Bejiing’s flexing its muscle within the Indo-Pacific area and past.

“This visit is not about China. But the question of China’s role in the military domain, the technology domain, the economic domain will be on the agenda,” Sullivan stated.

Modi will go to the National Science Foundation with first woman Jill Biden on Wednesday and have a non-public dinner with the president Wednesday night time on the White House.

On Thursday, Modi shall be welcomed with a colourful arrival ceremony on the White House South Lawn. Biden and Modi will maintain Oval Office talks and attend a state dinner in Modi’s honor Thursday night time.

No joint press convention was deliberate. White House nationwide safety spokesperson John Kirby stated work was nonetheless ongoing on this topic.

Modi has not backed the Ukraine warfare effort and India has been closely reliant on Russian oil. Biden will convey up Russia and Ukraine forward of the G20 summit later this 12 months that shall be held in India, Sullivan stated.

“Across the board, I think you’ll see a combination of deep strategic discussions and practical progress, tangible progress in every single dimension of the relationship, all of it reflecting and reinforce the fact that this from our perspective will be one of the defining partnerships of our age,” Sullivan stated.

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Jun 21, 2023