Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with US President Barack Obama at the White House. The two shared a 90-minute dinner and got to know each other. Photograph: Press Information Bureau
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Barack Obama at the White House and the two heads of state enjoyed a dinner. Ministry of external affairs Syed Akbaruddin shared snippets from the dinner.
Highlights from the Modi-Obama dinner:
- When US President Barack Obama met Prime Minister Modi, he said, “Kem cho, Mr PM”
- PM Modi laid out his hopes and aspirations, his development vision
- Modi gifted Obama a special edition of Gita by Mahatma Gandhi, a copy of Martin Luther King's speech in 1959 when he visited India, a photo of him at Rajghat, which PM Modi has framed
- There was general consensus to work together towards (issues like) Ebola and Afghanistan
- In a first of its kind, PM Modi and US President Obama are to pen a joint editorial for a leading publication
- They exchanged anecdotes of how they saw their first few months in office, that is also a way of understanding each other
- Modi kept his fast and only drank warm water while Obama and other guests enjoyed an exquisite meal
- US First Lady Michelle Obama was not present for the dinner
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