new delhi prime minister narendra modi on tuesday emplaned for the united states for his first historic state visitprior to leaving for the us pm modi tweeted leaving for usa where i will attend programmes in new york city and washington dc these programmes include yoga day celebrations at the unhq talks with potus joebiden address to the joint session of the us congress and morepm modi was invited by the us president joe biden and first lady jill biden the visit will commence in new york where the prime minister will lead the celebrations of the international day of yoga at the united nations headquarters on june 21pm modi will then travel to washington dc where he will receive a ceremonial welcome at the white house on june 22 and meet president biden to continue their highlevel dialogue president biden and first lady jill biden will host a state dinner in honour of the prime minister the same evening according to a release issued by the ministry of external affairs mea the pm will also address a joint sitting of the us congress on june 22the invitation to deliver such a historic speech was extended by both the house of representatives and the senate demonstrating bipartisan support and respect for prime minister modi in the united states he would be the first indian prime minister to address a joint session of the united states congress twicethe invitation letter from the president and first lady praised pm modis last historic address seven years ago which helped cement the connection between the two countriesthe white house emphasised in its message that it was an occasion to reaffirm the two countries deep and close alliance pm modi expressed his thanks for the privilege and stated that he was looking forward to addressing the joint sessionin his message pm modi reiterated the pride in having a comprehensive global strategic partnership with the us founded on the principles of democratic values close peopletopeople ties and a staunch commitment to global peace and prosperityon june 23 the prime minister will be jointly hosted at a luncheon by us vice president kamala harris and the us secretary of state antony blinken in addition to official engagements the prime minister is scheduled to have several curated interactions with leading ceos professionals and other stakeholders he will also meet members of the indian diasporahe is expected to meet business leaders of 20 top american companies here and is also expected to address a gathering of more than 1500 diaspora and business leaders who have been invited to the john f kennedy centre in washingtontop 20 business leaders of us companies including mastercard accenture the cocacola company adobe systems and visa are expected to meet with the prime minister two people familiar with the event and its logistics told anithe business advocacy group the usindia strategic partnership forum usispf headed by dr mukesh aghi will host we the people celebrating the usindia partnership on friday june 23 2023 in