PM  to address annual UN General Assembly session on September 27

Modi-Trump meeting , a possibility

NEW YORK(TIP): Nine  days before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston, the city seems to be witnessing an unprecedented activity, probably never ever witnessed before. It is all to give a rousing reception to Prime Minister of India who will be addressing a mammoth gathering of  50,000, a number which has already registered for the event named  Howdy, Modi’ ,  on September 22.

The historic event in Houston is intended  to showcase the influence of Indian American community.  This will be PM Modi’s 3rd major address to the Indian American community after he became  prime minister in 2014,  and the first after his re-election in May this year.

Modi is likely to leave New Delhi for the US on September 21 and will first travel to Houston and then to New York from September 23 to 28.

According to reports in Indian media, while he is planning to spend five days in New York, from September 23 to 28,  plans are being explored for a day-long visit to Washington DC for a bilateral meeting with the US President at the White House.

It is learnt that Delhi and Washington are looking at September 25 and 26 as possible dates for the visit and a bilateral meeting between the Prime Minister and the US President.

If it works out, then this will be his third visit to the White House in the last six years and third meeting with Trump this year. Modi had last visited White House in June 2017 when he met Trump. He went to the White House in September 2014 when then US President Barack Obama had hosted him.

In New York, PM will address the annual UNGA session on September 27. As Prime Minister, Modi had given his maiden address to world leaders at the UNGA in 2014. His visit in September and address to world leaders at the UN will be the first after winning a second term as Prime Minister.

In a bid to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Action Summit on September 23 which will be addressed by Modi.

Modi will be felicitated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his leadership of the Swachch Bharat Mission. He will be presented with the 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award on September 24.

As the world commemorates Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, Modi will also host a special event ‘Leadership Matters: Relevance of Gandhi in the Contemporary World’ on September 24 in the Economic and Social Council Chamber in the UN Headquarters.

He will also be the keynote speaker at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum on September 25.

Modi will also inaugurate the Gandhi Peace Garden, an innovative initiative to commemorate Gandhi’s 150 birth anniversary this year.

Also on cards are some meetings with the Indian American community.