India and U.S. share democratic values on democracy, diversity: PM Modi ahead of state visit
The HinduPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington this week will reinforce shared democratic “values” between India and the United States, he said as he left for New York and Washington, and said that the “there is an unprecedented trust” between the two countries today. Officials said discussions were on about the site of an upcoming Memorial wall for fallen United Nations peacekeepers, but it was unclear if that is on Mr. Modi’s agenda at the U.N. Last week, India proposed the resolution to build the memorial wall, which was co- Mr. Modi’s visit is also expected to face some protests from human rights activists and a section of the Indian-American diaspora during his visit to New York and Washington. PM Modi’s U.S. visit, which marks a “milestone” in ties, according to Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has also been marked by a number of features profiling India in international media. “I think what you will see next week is a public and visible expression of the state of the relationship between India and the United States, which is very good, which is getting better by the day, which is getting more consequential by the day,” Dr. Jaishankar said in the interview, adding that the “unmistakable message” of Mr. Modi’s visit would be that the India-US relationship is “on the right track and moving forward very, very rapidly”.