Modi Invites Biden as Chief Guest for Jan 2024 Republic Day Amid Talks on Boosting Defense Ties, Production

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:03pm on 20 Sep 2023,Wednesday India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited US President Joe Biden to be the Chief Guest at India's Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2023, revealed US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti. Meanwhile, the US is engaged with India to explore the production of military systems related to Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), and ground-based conventional warfare,  per Siddharth Iyer, Pentagon's South Asia Director. Iyer stated accelerating India's defense modernization is a priority. The Republic Day invite underscores efforts to strengthen US-India ties amid discussions on deepening defense cooperation.

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