US congressional leaders said Friday they had invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and Senate on June 22, one of the highest honors bestowed on him. Washington grants to foreign dignitaries.
“During your speech, you will have the opportunity to share your vision for the future of India and discuss the global challenges facing our countries,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Reuters reported.
It is my honor to invite @PMOIndia@narendramodi to address a Joint Meeting of Congress on Thursday, June 22nd.
This will be an opportunity to celebrate the enduring friendship between the United States and India and speak to the global challenges our countries both face. pic.twitter.com/gu68UjJltG
—Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 2, 2023
This will be Prime Minister Modi’s second address to Congress after 2016.
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The foreign leaders who have addressed the US Congress the most times are Winston Churchill and Benjamin Netanyahu (three times), followed by Nelson Mandela and Yitzhak Rabin (twice).
Churchill spoke at an informal meeting of Congress in 1941, and at joint meetings in 1943 and 1952; Netanyahu intervened in joint meetings in 1996, 2011 and 2015.
During Joe Biden’s presidency, foreign leaders who have addressed the Joint Congress are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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