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.

The US is urging India to investigate the murder plot targeting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual US-Canada citizen

President Joe Biden met with Sikh activists before his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Reuters, the meeting happened on Thursday, two days before Biden’s meeting with Modi on Saturday.

White House officials have met a group of Sikh activists to assure them that the US government is committed to protecting Americans from any acts of transnational aggression on its soil, a community leader has said.

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