US President Joe Biden snaps before introducing PM Modi during Quad Summit

US President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden who was attending the Quad Summit along with the top leaders from India, Australia and Japan was filmed snapping at one of his staffers during his meeting with the top leaders.

Joe Biden after finishing his introductory speech about the Quad's efforts to beat cancer, said: 'So I want to thank you all for being here. And now, who am I introducing next?' After a few moments, Biden snapped and asked, 'Who's next?'

We really dont have a president.Biden completely FORGOT he was at a press conference with the Prime Minister of India.The entire world is laughing at us.This guy is COOKED. pic.twitter.com/useM07uh0R
Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) September 21, 2024

Later an official can be seen making a hand gesture towards the stage in the video and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was introduced President Joe Biden then put his arm around Prime Minister Narendra Modi and looked to lighten the atmosphere with a joke.

Meanwhile,  US President Joe Biden welcomed the progress made towards India sealing procurement of 31 long-endurance MQ-9B armed drones from American defence major General Atomics, as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to boost the reciprocal supply of military hardware between the two sides.

The US President hosted Modi at his personal home in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday and the two leaders held wide-ranging talks covering various key aspects of India-US ties including ways to further ramp up bilateral defence and military partnership.

A joint fact-sheet on Modi-Biden talks said the two leaders recognised the remarkable progress achieved under the US-India defence industrial cooperation roadmap, including ongoing collaboration to advance priority co-production arrangements for jet engines, munitions, and ground mobility systems.

"President Biden welcomed the progress towards India concluding procurement of 31 General Atomics MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft and their associated equipment, which will enhance the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of India's armed forces across all domains," it said.

*With Agency Inputs