Modi meets Barack Obama on sidelines of East Asia summit

This is the 8th meeting between the two leaders since Modi took office in May 2014.

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos.

This is the 8th meeting between the two leaders since Modi took office in May 2014.

\"In the afternoon, the President will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India,\" the White House said in its daily guidance released to the press earlier.

The two leaders are expected to make brief remarks at the top of the meeting.

Modi and Obama met for the first time at the White House in September 2014 when Modi travelled to Washington DC at the invitation of Obama.

Prime Minister Modi exchanged views with Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China's Hangzhou on Sunday, with the US president praising the \"bold policy\" move on GST reform in a \"difficult\" global economic scenario.

Obama is scheduled to address a news conference in Laos immediately after his meeting with Modi.

He would depart for the US via Yokota, Japan for fueling, soon after his news conference.