New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly welcomed US President Joe Biden, who came to New Delhi for the G20 summit, but prevented media representatives from covering the meeting.
According to global media reports, media access to leaders’ meetings on the sidelines of important summits such as the G-20 is always strictly controlled, but it is rare that it is completely banned.
The decision by the Indian government comes after Narendra Modi’s official visit to the US in June, where he agreed to take a question from US reporters in Washington. In which Wall Street reporter Sabrina Siddiqui asked the Prime Minister about coercion and violence against Muslims in India and ministers against human rights.
White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre said in a conversation with reporters aboard the plane carrying the US president to India that free press is a pillar of American democracy and that she will do everything possible to ensure media representatives have access to Joe Biden’s meeting. have been.
On the other hand, US national security adviser Jack Sullivan said on board Air Force One that we work hard to ensure that journalists have access to the president’s routines.
However, after the plane landed in India, President Joe Biden was directed to the Indian Prime Minister’s residence while journalists traveling with him were prevented from leaving.
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