US looking forward to welcoming Narendra Modi to Washington

Obama was among the first foreign leaders to call up Modi and congratulate him on his “emphatic election victory”.  

The US President also wished that under Modi's leadership, India will contribute significantly at the global stage. Both the leaders had discussed the India-US Strategic Partnership and the prevailing global economic situation.  
The call was the first high-level contact between Modi and the US leadership ever since 2005 when the Gujarat chief minister had been denied a US visa due to his alleged complicity in the 2002 riots in the state.