Prez. Joe Biden and Jill Biden invited for an official state visit…
On June 21, the Biden family hosted an intimate dinner for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day before the much-in-demand State Dinner at the White House, a senior administration official has said.
PM Modi has been invited by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for an official state visit.
The historic visit, among other things, would include an impressive welcome ceremony on the South Lawns on June 22, which later in the night would also become the venue for the State Dinner that would be extraordinarily glittery with great entertainment, the official, familiar with the planning of the high-profile trip said.
"We will have a very substantial arrival ceremony on the White House lawn. The night before, I expect the PM and President Biden and the Biden family to have some moments of intimacy where they really have a chance to sit down together," the official told news agency PTI.
The venue of the dinner has not been disclosed so far.
According to the White House schedule, Biden is scheduled to travel to California from June 19 to 21.
The PM is expected to arrive in Washington DC from New York on June 21 after attending the International Yoga Day celebrations at the UN headquarters.
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