New Delhi: Even as US President Joe Biden opened the Summit of Democracy by raising the alarm about backsliding in democratic institutions worldwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an intervention, said that countries should follow their constitutional principle and added that tech companies should help to preserve open societies.
On Thursday, Biden inaugurated the first White House virtual ‘Summit for Democracy’ by addressing over 100 leaders over the need to shore up democracy against the threat from autocrats.
“Democracy doesn’t happen by accident. And we have to renew it with each generation,” he said. “In my view, this is the defining challenge of our time”.
In his speech, he also alluded to United States’ domestic challenges to its democratic institutions and traditions.
Organising a summit for democracy in the first year of the presidency had been part of Biden’s foreign policy commitments during his presidential campaign.
Following his inaugural speech, Biden presided over a closed-door session where 12 leaders, including Modi, were invited to make their interventions. Modi will also make a national statement on Friday.
While the full statement has not been made public, official sources stated that Modi underlined the “need for democratic countries to deliver on values enshrined in their constitutions”.
He also claimed that “four pillars of Indian democratic governments” are “sensitivity, accountability, participation and reform orientation”.
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