PM Modi likely to attend UN Summit in New York next month: Sources

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit New York next month to attend the United Nations' Summit of the Future on September 22-23 that is likely to host several world leaders, people familiar with the matter told news agency PTI on Wednesday. The Prime Minister last embarked on a historic state visit to the United States in June last year, holding meetings with US President Joe Biden and other members of the leadership. 

PM Modi is also likely to address an Indian community event in New York besides holding talks with a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the Summit, as per the



sources. The UN Summit will bring leaders from various countries to forge a new international consensus on how to deliver a "better present and safeguard the future", according to the bloc.

"Effective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities. The Summit of the Future is a chance to get back on track," read a UN statement on the event. "It will consider how we cooperate both to achieve agreed goals and to tackle emerging threats and opportunities."