Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, right, and, Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker, lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Holston)

Indian prime minister lays wreath at Arlington

WASHINGTON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed a wreath Monday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Modi arrived earlier Monday at Andrews Air Force Base, beginning a visit to advance ties between the world’s two largest democracies.

Modi also met Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch during a ceremony marking the repatriation of over 200 artifacts to the Indian government.

President Barack Obama will host Modi at the White House Tuesday. Modi addresses a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday.

It is Modi’s fourth visit to the U.S. since he was elected in 2014. A new defence agreement and progress on U.S. investment in nuclear power in India could be in the cards on his latest visit.

Modi is on a five-country trip with stops so far in Afghanistan, Qatar and Switzerland. After the U.S. he goes to Mexico.

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