President Biden and Indian PM Modi are expected to deepen defence and technology ties between their countries during their talks in Washington, but White House says Biden will not 'lecture' Modi on human rights
US President Joe Biden welcomes India's PM Narendra Modi for two days of talks that the White House sees as bolstering "one of the defining partnerships of our age," despite concerns over democratic backsliding in India under Modi's rule.US First Lady Jill Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the National Science Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 21, 2023.
Washington wants India to be a strategic counterweight to China and sees India as a critical partnership. "We do so in a way where we don't seek to lecture or assert that we don't have challenges ourselves," he said.
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