Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several attendees told Reuters.

Doval’s counterpart Jake Sullivan was among the US officials who accompanied Biden in the meeting with Modi. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and India’s ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra were also in the entourage of the prime minister when he drove to the personal residence of the US president. So was Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

Following Quad Summit, Modi will head to New York, where he will address an Indian diaspora event in Long Island on September 22.

Ahead of his US visit, 25,000 Indian Americans have signed up to see him speak at a New York event.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit the United States this weekend, with several stops on the agenda including attending the Quad leaders' summit,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Wilmington for a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden during the QUAD summit. The visit was overshadowed by US election distractions and a contentious White House meeting with Sikh radicals.