Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will leave on a five-day visit to the United States today to attend UN General Assembly. During his visit, the Prime Minister will hold summit talks with President Barack Obama as well as address the UN General Assembly. The Prime Minsiter will meet US President, Barack Obama on Friday in Washington. This will be the third summit meeting between the two leaders. This follows exchange of state visits during 2009 and 2010. The meeting between Dr Singh and Mr Obama is intended to signal that there is a positive progress in bilateral relationship between the two countries.
Our correspondent reports that the Indo-US relationship has evolved into a comprehensive partnership of mutual trust and confidence with two countries prepared to take it to a more higher level. The visit of Prime Minsiter Dr. Manmnohan Singh to Washington DC and his meeting with US President Barack Obama is all set to give further impetus to the ties between the two countries. The visit is likely to result in substantive progress on the civil nuclear deal and defence ties between the two countries.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has called upon global leaders to rally against extremism and violence. He was addressing the 68th session of United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in New York last night. The UNGA with a theme 'Post 2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage' is being attended by nearly 193 member countries. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to address the Assembly on Saturday. During the session, one of India's main focus area will be the issue of sustainable development.
Our correspondent reports that India has been actively participating in UN deliberations on sustainable development right from the very beginning. RIO plus 20 summit in June 2012 gave us mandate to start negotiations on this issue. These negotiations will culminate in a Summit in 2015, which will result in adoption of sustainable development goals. Main objective of these goals is complete eradication of poverty. it is hoped that we will be able to make good progress on this issue during ongoing session of UNGA.
The UN General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion on the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.
