September 29, 2015 8:36 PM

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PM Modi wraps up successful visit to US

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his 6 day long visit to US yesterday after meeting the US President Barack Obama and addressing the Leaders' summit on Peace-keeping at UN headquarters in New York. During his visit to US, Mr. Modi had discussions with a number of important world leaders including the Secretary General of UN Ban Ki Moon, Prime Minister of Britain Mr. David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In the meetings issues ranging from bilateral relations to Climate Change, Terrorism, Reform of the UN Security Council were discussed. Prime Minister tweeted that the meetings with world leaders would strengthen India's ties with the global community. <br/><br/>During his visit to the US, Prime Minister Modi made forceful intervention in issues that are important not only for India but for the world as a whole. On climate Change the Prime Minister came out with a new vision of Climate Justice and exhorted the developed countries to go beyond the negatively defined idea of emission cuts to help countries with technology and finance for sustainable development. He also strongly called upon the world community to unite in its fight against terrorism. <br/><br/>In his meetings with G-4 leaders and other world leaders, Prime Minister Modi effectively highlighted the case of time bound reform in United Nations Security Council to reflect realities of the 21st century.<br/><br/>Overall, the visit of the Prime Minister to US seemed remarkable for its decisive and forceful intervention in global issues like climate change, terrorism and UN Security council reform even while it further strengthened the relationship between India and the United States.

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