New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start for his much anticipated five-day tour to the United States of America on Thursday. PM's delegation will leave at 4 pm.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has already reached the US.
In his five-day trip to New York and Washington, Modi will have over 30 engagements. He is scheduled to hold meetings with US administration, Heads of state, businessmen and NRI community.
Modi will meet four leading figures of the US administration, including President Barack Obama on September 29 and 30 when he is in Washington.
The Prime Minister will also meet US Vice President Joe Biden, who will host a lunch for him along with Secretary of State John Kerry. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will also call on the PM on the same day.
Modi is also scheduled to meet former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
On September 27, Modi will address the United Nation General Assembly. "His participation in the UNGA is an affirmation to India's commitment to multi-lateralism. He will focus on issues of paramount importance including India's permanent membership of UN Security Council in his address to UNGA," the MEA said on Tuesday. Later in the day, Modi will pay homage to the 9/11 terror attack victims.
On September 30, Modi will pay homage at Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Memorial and Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Washington.
Modi will also be meeting the President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Nepal during the trip. Modi, however, has no plans of meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.
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