'PM Modi, welcome back to the White House. I am honoured to be the first to host you here on a State visit.'
With these words US President Joe Biden welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on Thursday.
National anthems of India and the US played at the White House in the presence of PM Modi and US President Joe Biden.
'The relationship between the US and India is one of most defining relationships in the 21st century,' Biden said in his welcome speech.