{"id":2026028,"date":"2023-09-08T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/g20-summit-biden-holds-meeting-with-modi-to-boost-us-india-ties\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:35:34","slug":"g20-summit-biden-holds-meeting-with-modi-to-boost-us-india-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/g20-summit-biden-holds-meeting-with-modi-to-boost-us-india-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 Summit: Biden and Modi meet to strengthen US-India relations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fg20-summit-biden-holds-meeting-with-modi-to-boost-us-india-ties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>NEW\u2063 DELHI, India\u2014President Joe Biden landed in\u200b India\u2019s capital, New Delhi, on \u200cFriday at 6:46 p.m. local time to attend the Group of 20 (G20) meeting, which will \u2063bring together the leaders\u2064 of the world&#8217;s top economies in New Delhi this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after his arrival,\u200b the president held a\u2064 bilateral meeting\u2063 with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss\u2064 a number of issues related\u200c to trade, \u200dsupply chains, and critical and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The White House views the relationship with India as \u2064the\u200d most essential bilateral partnership. \u200dThe United\u200c States and \u200dIndia are both concerned about China&#8217;s expanding global influence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related \u2064Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-to-counter-chinas-coercive-lending-practices-at-g20-summit-in-new-delhi-while-xi-skips-gathering-5486922\">Biden to Counter China&#8217;s &#8216;Coercive&#8217; Lending Practices at G20 Summit,\u200d While Xi to Skip Gathering<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/6\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/biden-says-he-will-be-disappointed-if-xi-skips-g20-summit-5485807\">Biden Says He&#8217;s \u2018Disappointed\u2019 Xi\u200c Is Skipping G20 Summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/4\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that\u200c the most important bilateral relationship in the 21st century for the United States will be \u200cwith India,&#8221;\u2062 Kurt Campbell, National Security Council\u2064 Coordinator \u200cfor the Indo-Pacific, told reporters following the bilateral \u200cmeeting in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Mr. Modi \u2063received a warm welcome at the White House during \u2064a \u200dfour-day state visit to Washington, where both leaders issued a lengthy joint statement and a long list\u200c of\u200b objectives centered on economic security, \u200cdefense, and strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden\u200d administration \u2063sees India as\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-arrives-in-india-to-meet-world-leaders-at-g20-summit\/\" title=\"Biden in India for G20 Summit with Global Leaders.\">crucial regional manufacturing base<\/a> for\u200d companies seeking \u2062to\u2062 leave China. Hence, shifting supply chains to India from\u200b China is an important part \u200bof this growing \u2062dialogue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before the\u2063 meeting, national \u200bsecurity \u200dadviser Jake\u2063 Sullivan told reporters that both leaders\u2062 would be focusing \u2062on several\u2063 investment and trade\u2064 matters, including the production of GE jet engines in India and the procurement of \u2062MQ-9\u200d Reapers drones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will see meaningful progress on a\u2063 number of\u200b issues, including the GE jet engine issue, the MQ-9 Reapers, on \u200b5G\/6G, on collaboration on critical \u200cand emerging technologies, and progress also\u200b in\u200c the civil nuclear area as well,&#8221; Sullivan \u200csaid on \u2062board Air Force One.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>What Does\u200b Biden Expect From G20?<\/h2>\n<p>The president \u2063will\u2062 use the summit \u200bas an opportunity to sell the\u200d strength of the U.S. economy and draw contrasts with China&#8217;s growing economic troubles \u2064as he tries to position\u2064 the\u2064 United States \u200cas a\u2064 more reliable partner.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s trip to Asia comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/g20-summit-biden-holds-meeting-with-modi-to-boost-us-india-ties\/\" title=\"G20 Summit: Biden and Modi meet to strengthen US-India relations.\">amid escalating\u2062 geopolitical competition<\/a> with China and Washington&#8217;s efforts to\u2064 strengthen \u2064alliances and partnerships with\u2064 nations, particularly \u2063in the\u2063 Global South.<\/p>\n<p>His key priority at the crucial meeting is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-india-and-vietnam-biden-will-seek-to-challenge-chinas-global-ambitions\/\" title=\"Biden to confront China's global goals in India and Vietnam.\">propose strengthening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-states-vow-to-protect-oil-gas-industry-from-woke-banks\/\" title=\"15 States Vow To Protect Oil, Gas Industry From \u2018Woke\u2019 Banks\">multilateral development banks<\/a><\/a>, particularly the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as an alternative to China\u2019s &#8220;coercive&#8221; lending program,\u2064 according\u2062 to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>While China has become the world&#8217;s largest creditor \u200cin\u200b recent\u200b years, its aggressive lending strategy\u2064 under the Belt and Road Initiative\u200d has been\u200b criticized by other countries for\u2062 its\u2064 lack of transparency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that\u2064 there should be\u200b a high\u200d standard \u2062of \u200bnon-coercive lending options available to low-\u200c and middle-income countries,&#8221; Mr. \u2063Sullivan \u200csaid at a press briefing on Sept. 5.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chinese leader \u2062Xi\u2062 Jinping won&#8217;t be attending the summit in New\u2063 Delhi. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent\u2062 Beijing at this \u2063year&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u2064 absence of \u200cMr. Xi at the\u2062 summit, President Biden hopes to rally other countries against the Chinese regime&#8217;s \u2062controversial lending practices, and he has \u200dalready received Mr. Modi\u2019s support on this matter.<\/p>\n<p>Reforms \u200cfor multilateral development banks &#8220;have been of critical importance \u200dwith India,\u200c particularly around mechanisms dealing with debt,&#8221; \u200dMr. Campbell told reporters. &#8220;Many of\u200b the\u2062 countries in their backyard have experienced deep debt\u200b problems with China, and they have worked\u2063 with us constructively on those\u2062 issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that the administration is asking\u2064 other G20\u2063 partners to enhance the \u2064financial capacity of multilateral development banks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have asked\u200b other countries to join with us to the extent that \u200dthey&#8217;re able\u200b to in this initiative, and we are hopeful that other countries, depending on their financial capacity, will join us,&#8221; Ms. Yellen said at a press\u200c briefing on the sidelines of the \u200dG20 summit in \u200dIndia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">President Biden asked Congress to provide \u2062additional funding to the World \u2062Bank \u200cin its\u2063 latest \u200bsupplemen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden arrived in New Delhi for the G20 meeting, where leaders of major economies will convene. 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