Prime Minister Modi and US President Biden to hold discussions before

Washington: The While House informed that US President Joe Biden would be holding discussions with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Two-Plus-Two talks between the two countries. This has increased the importance of the negotiations between the Foreign and Defence Ministers of both countries. Prime Minister Modi and President Biden had discussions during the virtual meeting of QUAD. At that time, President Biden had raised the issue of the Russian attack on Ukraine and had demanded that India take a stand against it. The Indian Prime Minister had refused to take such a stand.

Moreover, Japan and Australia, the other two members of QUAD, have adopted a firm stand against Russia for attacking Ukraine. President Biden had remarked that India is hesitating to take a stand against Russia. Intense reactions had been received from India over these statements. Biden had made these statements after the virtual meeting of the QUAD heads of state. The White House and the US department of state had a lot of covering up to do after that. Against this background, the talks between the Indian Prime Minister and the US President before the Two-Plus-Two talks between the two countries have gained a huge diplomatic significance.

Over the last few weeks, the United States has been consistently threatening India and the Biden administration has been expressing its expectations from India in various ways. The Biden administration is demanding that India give up its traditional ties with Russia and adopt a policy attaching the highest priority to US cooperation. Otherwise, it has threatened dire consequences. The Biden administration has also tried warning that India should remember that if China poses a threat to Indian security, Russia will not come to the rescue. Therefore, India should increase cooperation with the United States.

Indian media claim that this will reflect in the Two-Plus-Two talks between the two countries. There is a strong possibility that the Virtual talks between Prime Minister Modi and President Biden are being held, taking into account that a strong reaction may be received from India. But is visible that the policies of the Biden administration will not change.