US President Barack Obama will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade in January and it was announced by Narendra Modi on his twitter handle and the officials from US also confirmed the same.Modi broke the news in a tweet, “This Republic Day, we hope to have a friend over… invited President Obama to be the 1st US president to grace the occasion as chief guest.”
The White House responded with a statement, and a series of tweets, to confirm.
“At the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, the President will travel to India in January 2015 to participate in the Indian Republic Day celebration in New Delhi as the Chief Guest,” a statement by the White House press secretary said.
“This visit will mark the first time a US president will have the honor of attending Republic Day, which commemorates the adoption of India’s constitution.The President will meet with the Prime Minister and Indian officials to strengthen and expand the U.S.-India strategic partnership.”
Obama will be the first United States president to be the guest of honour on the occasion.The big development stands out considering that the US, for a decade, publicly proclaimed that it would not give a visa to Modi.
The stand was changed just before the Lok Sabha elections when Modi’s success had seemed obvious.
