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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
"Kem Cho," said US President Barack Obama as he greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The 'Kem cho' moment. Prez @BarackObama greets PM @narendramodi at doorstep of the White House," tweeted Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin Tuesday.
'Kem cho' in Gujarati means how are you.
Modi is on a five-day visit to the US. He arrived at New York and then flew down to Washington.
At dinner by with Obama, Modi was accompanied among others by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh.
Once shunned by America, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the guest of honour at a private dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama ahead of their formal summit Tuesday to reset stalled India-US relations.
As Modi, fasting for the Hindu festival of Navratri, sat down with Obama in the Blue Room of the president's house, the White House released a vision statement for the US-India Strategic Partnership: "Chalein saath saath: Forward together we go".
"As leaders of two great democratic nations with diverse traditions and faiths, we share a vision for a partnership in which the United States and India work together, not just for the benefit of both our nations, but for the benefit of the world," it said.
The statement seemed to echo just what Modi had suggested earlier Monday in an address at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York.
"Kem Cho," said US President Barack Obama as he greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The 'Kem cho' moment. Prez @BarackObama greets PM @narendramodi at doorstep of the White House," tweeted Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin Tuesday.
'Kem cho' in Gujarati...
"Kem Cho," said US President Barack Obama as he greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The 'Kem cho' moment. Prez @BarackObama greets PM @narendramodi at doorstep of the White House," tweeted Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin Tuesday.
'Kem cho' in Gujarati means how are you.
Modi is on a five-day visit to the US. He arrived at New York and then flew down to Washington.
At dinner by with Obama, Modi was accompanied among others by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh.
Once shunned by America, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the guest of honour at a private dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama ahead of their formal summit Tuesday to reset stalled India-US relations.
As Modi, fasting for the Hindu festival of Navratri, sat down with Obama in the Blue Room of the president's house, the White House released a vision statement for the US-India Strategic Partnership: "Chalein saath saath: Forward together we go".
"As leaders of two great democratic nations with diverse traditions and faiths, we share a vision for a partnership in which the United States and India work together, not just for the benefit of both our nations, but for the benefit of the world," it said.
The statement seemed to echo just what Modi had suggested earlier Monday in an address at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York.
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