UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN here.
\nThe 80th session of the UNGA will open on September 9. The high-level General Debate will run from September 23-29, with Brazil as the traditional first speaker of the session, followed by the US.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump will address world leaders from the iconic UNGA podium on September 23, his first address to the UN session in his second term in the White House.
\nAccording to the provisional list of speakers for the high-level debate of the 80th session of the General Assembly, India\u2019s \u201cHead of Government (HG)\u201d will address the session on the morning of September 26.
\nThe Heads of Government of Israel, China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are also scheduled to address the UNGA general debate on the same day.<\/p>\n
Modi had travelled to the US in February this year for a bilateral meeting with Trump in the White House in Washington, DC. In a joint statement issued after their meeting, Modi and Trump had announced plans to negotiate the first tranche of a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) by the fall of 2025.
\nEven as trade negotiations were ongoing, Trump imposed tariffs totalling 50 per cent on India, including 25 per cent for New Delhi\u2019s purchases of Russian oil that will come into effect from August 27.
\nResponding to the tariffs, India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs has said that the targeting of the country is unjustified and unreasonable.
\n\u201cLike any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security,\u201d it said.
\nLast week\u2019s announcement of Trump\u2019s executive order imposing the additional 25 per cent tariff came at a time when a team from the US is scheduled to visit India from August 25 for the sixth round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement.
\nThe two countries are aiming to conclude the first phase of the pact by fall (October-November) this year.
\nThe UNGA list of speakers for the General Debate is provisional, and there is a possibility of changes in schedules and speakers over the next few weeks. The list will continue to be updated accordingly.
\nConsidered the \u201cbusiest diplomatic season\u201d of the year at the United Nations Headquarters, the high-level session opens in September annually.
\nThe session this year comes amid the continued Israel-Hamas war as well as the Ukraine conflict.
\nTrump has said that in the six months of his second presidential term, he has solved several wars, including a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Serbia and Kosovo.
\nTrump has repeatedly claimed credit for stopping the May conflict between India and Pakistan. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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