{"id":330911,"date":"2021-02-09T03:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T03:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330911"},"modified":"2021-02-09T03:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T03:00:57","slug":"pm-modi-speaks-to-us-president-joe-biden-says-committed-to-rules-based-international-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-speaks-to-us-president-joe-biden-says-committed-to-rules-based-international-order\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi speaks to US President Joe Biden, says committed to \u2018rules-based international order\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327865 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/modi-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi-2-1.jpg 491w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi-2-1-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he spoke to United States President Joe Biden, and conveyed his best wishes for the latter&#8217;s success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi said they discussed regional issues and their shared priorities, while also agreeing to further co-operation against climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSpoke to @POTUS @JoeBiden and conveyed my best wishes for his success.\u00a0 We discussed regional issues and our shared priorities. We also agreed to further our co-operation against climate change,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cPresident @JoeBiden and I are committed to a rules-based international order. We look forward to consolidating our strategic partnership to further peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. @POTUS,\u201d PM Modi said in another tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The two leaders discussed at length regional developments and the wider geo-political context. They noted that the India-US partnership is firmly anchored in a shared commitment to democratic values and common strategic interests. They reiterated the importance of working with like-minded countries to ensure a rules-based international order and a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, according to the Prime Minister\u2019s office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Modi and President Biden affirmed the importance of addressing the challenge of global climate change. PM Modi welcomed President Biden&#8217;s decision to re-commit to the Paris Agreement and highlighted the ambitious targets India has set for itself in the area of renewable energy, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Prime Minister also welcomed President Biden\u2019s initiative to organise the Climate Leaders Summit in April this year and looked forward to participating in the same, it said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he spoke to United States President Joe Biden, and conveyed his best wishes for the latter&#8217;s success. PM Modi said they discussed regional issues and their shared priorities, while also agreeing to further co-operation against climate change. \u201cSpoke to @POTUS @JoeBiden and conveyed my best wishes for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":327865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12311,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330912,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330911\/revisions\/330912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/327865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}