PM Modi to meet Australian PM, Kamala Harris, CEOs on first day of US visit

PM Modi was received by US department of state officials at Joint Base Andrews upon his arrival

Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): On the itinerary-packed first day of his US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold meetings with Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, US Vice President Kamala Harris and the select heads of corporates that have the potential to invest significantly in India. According to sources, Prime Minister Modi will start his day by meeting with select heads of corporates in the United States. The CEOs will include the heads of Qualcomm, Adobe, Blackstone, General Atomics and First Solar. The Prime Minister reached Washington on Wednesday local time.

“Prime Minister will start the day with meetings with select heads of corporates in the United States I think these are CEOs that represent fairly large corporate interests, companies that have particular expertise and invested in India and has the potential to invest significantly in India,” the source added.

“They represent diverse areas from technology, the IT sector to finance to defence to renewable energy. I think it is a very good mix of CEOs, that would be meeting Prime Minister Modi on a one to one basis, investments in the United States have been very important and very significant in India’s recent development activities in line with our major economic initiatives, the flagship program. In particular what we call Make in India,” the source further added.

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