US President Barack Obama will visit India in January to attend Republic Day celebrations and meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House said Friday.
Obama will attend the January 26 ceremony, which commemorates the enactment of India’s Constitution in 1950, as chief guest and become the first US president to attend the event, according to the White House and Modi’s tweet.
During his first meeting with Modi in Washington in September, Obama offered help for the Indian Navy in light of China’s expanding presence in Asia.
The US and Indian leaders also agreed in the talks on a plan to hold a trilateral foreign ministerial meeting involving the United States, India and Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January this year.