John Kerry to meet Prime Minister Modi today

August 01, 2014 08:45

A day after meeting External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for the 5th India-US Strategic Dialogue, visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry will on Friday meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Notably, Kerry's is the first high-level contact of the US government with the Modi government.

Kerry arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day visit to strike up the US' first high-level engagement with the Modi government.

On Thursday, the US reached out to the new Indian government of PM Modi promising to partner it in its vision of "Sabka saath, sabka vikas or development for all", even as India raised the issue of America's cyber snooping and termed it unacceptable between friends.

Kerry said that Modi's vision is similar to that expressed by US President Barack Obama and that the US private sector is eager to be a catalyst to the India growth story.

The meeting between Kerry and Sushma Swaraj also laid the groundwork for the summit meeting between Obama and Modi in Washington in September.

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