on republic day 26th january 2015 President Obama in india:
New Delhi: In a major diplomatic victory for the NDA government and a huge boost to Indo-US ties, US President Barack Obama accepted Friday invited to be the guest of honor at the 66th Republic Day Parade of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 26 next year.
Obama will be the first US president to be the "guest of honor" on January 26.
Conforms what the White House tweeted. - "At the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, President will visit India in January 2015 to participate in the celebration of the Indian Republic Day in New Delhi as a guest conductor This tour will be the first time a US president will have the honor to attend Republic Day, which commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of India. the President will meet with the prime minister and Indian officials to strengthen and expand partnership strategic US-India ".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke the news on Twitter, saying, "This Republic Day, we hope to have a friend on ... invited President Obama to be the first US president to grace the occasion as guest conductor. "
Acceptance of Obama on Modi PM Take is considered an effort by the US to forge new global partnership with India.Former US diplomat Nicholas Burns gave a rapid response to this development, saying that "India Obama's visit will start a new chapter in Indo-US ties," quoted by a news channel in English.
According to sources, the decision to invite the US Prez was taken by PM Modi himself who decided to go beyond the MEA's list of potential guests seeking to intensify celebrations Republic day by turning the event into a major diplomatic reach.
Later, government officials have confirmed that Barack Obama was invited to the idea of the PM, who felt that the presence of the head of the oldest democracy in the day to commemorate the founding of the largest democracy would mark a celebration the spirit of democracy in addition to giving a boost to his effort to restore the warmth in bilateral relations.
Terming the visit of PM Modi United States as "an extraordinary success," a senior official in the Obama administration had said that the US-India relationship has come "a remarkable distance".
"We just had a visit extraordinary success of Prime Minister Modi here to the United States, and an agenda that works in virtually every major problems for us with India as we move forward," Anthony Blinken, candidate for US Assistant Secretary of State, told senators during his confirmation hearing today.
The invitation to Obama just weeks after a huge success PM Modi visit to the United States. Modi and Obama also met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brisbane on November 14 Obama Modi had called a "man of action."
This is the second visit of Mr. Obama in India. He had visited India in 2010 at the invitation of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and addressed a joint session of Parliament.
Obama had earlier on September 29 hosted a private dinner for Prime Minister Modi at the White House in the United States for the visit of the latter.
Bilateral relations between India and the United States have developed a comprehensive strategic partnership, based on an increasing convergence of interests on bilateral, regional and global issues.
Regular exchange of high-level political visits associated with broad architecture of dialogue has sustained momentum to bilateral cooperation and helped to establish a long-term framework for global strategic partnership between India and the United States.
Bilateral cooperation is now broad-based, multi-sectoral, covering trade and investment, defense and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high technology, civil nuclear energy Space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health.
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