This Article is From Mar 31, 2016

PM Narendra Modi Meets His New Zealand Counterpart John Key In US

PM Narendra Modi Meets His New Zealand Counterpart John Key In US

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting his New Zealand counterpart John Key in Washington.

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Washington to attend the Fourth Nuclear Security Summit, held a bilateral meeting with his New Zealand counterpart John Key today.

"Not just cricket on the agenda, as PM @narendra meets New Zealand PM @johnkeypm for 1st meeting in Washington," external affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted in an obvious reference to India's World T20 cricket semi-final against the West Indies that was going on in Mumbai on the other side of the globe at the same time.

PM Modi is scheduled to hold more bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit, including one likely with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

He is also scheduled to attend a leaders-only thematic dinner on "Nuclear security threat perceptions" to be hosted by US President Barack Obama at the White House later today.

Leaders of 53 nations and four international organisations have converged in Washington to attend the fourth and final edition of the biennial nuclear security summit which started in 2010.

PM Modi arrived in Washington on the second leg of his three-nation visit on Wednesday night from Brussels where he attended the 13th India-European Union (EU) Summit and held a bilateral meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.
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