New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted US President Barack Obama's invitation for a meeting in late September and the dates are being finalised.
The invitation for the meeting came during the congratulatory call to Mr Modi by Mr Obama after the Lok Sabha election results were out.
"A date was offered by the US side for the meeting and both the countries are working on it," official sources said.
It is understood that Washington has proposed September 30 as the date for the meeting but the Indian side is looking at clubbing the bilateral meeting with Mr Modi's visit to the US for the United Nations General Assembly around September 26.
Mr Obama was among the first foreign leaders to call up Mr Modi and congratulated him on his "emphatic election victory" and said the largest democracy in the world has given a "decisive mandate".
The US President also wished that under Mr Modi's leadership, India will contribute significantly at the global stage.
Both the leaders had discussed the India-US Strategic Partnership and the prevailing global economic situation.
The call was the first high-level contact between Mr Modi and the US leadership ever since 2005 when the Gujarat chief minister had been denied a US visa due to the 2002 riots in the state.
The invitation for the meeting came during the congratulatory call to Mr Modi by Mr Obama after the Lok Sabha election results were out.
"A date was offered by the US side for the meeting and both the countries are working on it," official sources said.
Mr Obama was among the first foreign leaders to call up Mr Modi and congratulated him on his "emphatic election victory" and said the largest democracy in the world has given a "decisive mandate".
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Both the leaders had discussed the India-US Strategic Partnership and the prevailing global economic situation.
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