Joe Biden was invited to the Republic Day celebrations by PM Modi throughout the bilateral assembly.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited US President Joe Biden to be the Chief Visitor for the Republic Day celebrations on January 26 throughout their bilateral assembly on the sidelines of the G20 summit, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti mentioned on Wednesday.
Requested whether or not the Quad summit is being deliberate in India across the similar time, Mr Garcetti indicated that he was not conscious of it. The Quad includes India, the US, Japan and Australia. It’s India’s flip to host the annual Quad summit subsequent yr.
The US ambassador was requested at an occasion in regards to the studies that India is contemplating inviting leaders of the Quad nations to grace the Republic Day celebrations.
US President Biden was invited to the Republic Day celebrations by Prime Minister Modi throughout the bilateral assembly on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Mr Garcetti mentioned.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was the chief visitor at this yr’s Republic Day celebrations.
Yearly, India invitations world leaders to attend its Republic Day celebrations. There was no Republic Day Chief visitor in 2021 and 2022 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, the then Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief visitor.
In 2019, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the chief visitor on the parade, whereas in 2018, leaders of all 10 ASEAN international locations attended the celebrations.
In 2017, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the chief visitor at celebrations, whereas the then French President Francois Hollande graced the event in 2016.
In 2015, the then US President Barack Obama watched the parade.
In 2014, the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the chief visitor on the celebrations, whereas Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck attended the parade in 2013.
Different heads of state and authorities who’ve attended the Republic Day celebrations embody Nicolas Sarkozy, Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela, John Main, Mohammed Khatami and Jacques Chirac.
The then British Prime Minister John Main had attended the celebrations in 1993, Nelson Mandela participated as then South African President in 1995 whereas South Korean President President Lee Myung Bak witnessed the parade in 2010.
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