New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President Joe Biden and conveyed his best wishes for the President’s success.
PM Modi said, “We discussed regional issues, shared priorities, and agreed to further enhance cooperation on climate change.”
PM Modi further said that President Joe Biden and I are committed to a rules-based international order. We look forward to consolidating our strategic partnership to further peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
This is the first time after Biden became the President, there was a conversation between PM Modi and him.
The Prime Minister had earlier congratulated Biden after the latter took oath as the 46th President of the US.
“Congratulations to Joe Biden on his assumption of office as US Prez, look forward to working with him to strengthen India-US ties,” PM Modi had tweeted.
Notably, Joe Biden is the 46th President of America. On January 20 this year, he was sworn in as the President. Biden was elected as the youngest senator from Delaware in 1973. He has spent nearly five decades in public life. Prior to Joe Biden, Donald Trump was in charge of America.