![]() ![]() But we didn't really get a lot of specifics on how much they got into the conversation on Russia. SHIVARAM: Biden sort of vaguely said that he and Modi talked about Democratic values, and that was their kind of takeaway from that. LIASSON: What about India's position vis a vis Russia and the war in Ukraine? Did Biden make any progress there? And the thing that really wasn't on the table, like you said, Mara, was human rights and democracy and religious freedom. That's something that Biden and the administration has been talking about a lot recently. They covered things about semiconductors. SHIVARAM: They talked about a wide, wide range of issues. The question I have is, did he get any results? What are the deliverables? It has never taken a side in the Ukraine invasion, and that's why President Biden rolled out the red carpet. India still buys weaponry from Russia in face of all the sanctions that the West has tried to put on it. India is a very flawed democracy, but the geostrategic interests of the United States overruled that because President Biden would like Modi to take a side in the autocracy versus democracy fight, West versus Russia. As a matter of fact, one fact that really jumped out at me was that Modi answered questions from the press. And that really wasn't the focus of this visit. But Modi has a really complicated record on issues like free speech, on press access, on human rights, religious freedom. India, as I'm sure it likes to mention very often, is the largest democracy in the world. and India is stronger than ever.ĭAVIS: But, Mara, there was so much grandeur around this visit, but the U.S.-India relationship is really complicated. And part of that was rolling out this red carpet and showing that the allyship and then the friendship essentially between the U.S. ![]() is trying to basically secure its position and its allyship with India to try to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. ![]() And you heard the White House this week say over and over and over again, this visit is not about China, but in reality, it was about China. There were musical performances - anyway, the whole shebang.Īnd this is because the U.S., the White House, President Biden, is trying to strengthen his relationship with India, essentially to counter China. There were people bused in from New Jersey, a very large crowd of Indian Americans on the South Lawn. There were thousands of people who came in, all sorts of people from Tennessee. A lot of little things went into this coming from the dinner and the process of planning the dinner, also this joint address to Congress, even just the event of Modi arriving officially and doing the entrance ceremony on the South Lawn. This was a grand, grand event - state dinner invite, very lavish, very detail oriented from the White House. Deepa, this was a very high profile, very lavish and very tightly orchestrated visit. His official visit included a joint address to Congress, meetings with President Biden, a fancy state dinner and an audience with some of the country's top business executives. LIASSON: And I'm Mara Liasson, national political correspondent.ĭAVIS: And Washington rolled out the red carpet this week for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. You never forget your first election.ĭEEPA SHIVARAM, BYLINE: All right, Commonwealth voter.ĭAVIS: Hey there. (SOUNDBITE OF THE BIG TOP ORCHESTRA'S "TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE (MARCH AND TWO-STEP)")ĭAVIS: Oh, that's great. And this week, I voted in my first ever election in the Virginia primaries.ĪNNABEL: Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be super excited to be a voter in this democracy I've heard so much about. Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.ĪNNABEL: Hi. Connect: Email the show at Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group. Unlock access to this and other bonus content by supporting The NPR Politics Podcast+. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. The podcast is produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, White House reporter, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and veterans correspondent Quil Lawrence. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy was repealed, but thousands of people who were other than honorably discharged over their sexual orientation still don't have full access to benefits. And it has been more than a decade since the U.S. Biden's Red Carpet For India's PM Sweeps Tensions Under The Rug : The NPR Politics Podcast India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is head of the world's largest democracy - but concerns over his human rights and freedom of speech records took a backseat to public celebrations of the country's relationship with the United States during his visit with President Biden this week. ![]()
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