US President Barack Obama will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the margins of the UN General Assembly next week, the White House said Thursday.

Senior Obama national security aide Ben Rhodes said the discussions would include issues related to a major climate conference, where countries are being asked to set emissions targets.

The two leaders held cordial talks in New Delhi earlier this year, marking a warming of ties that had been strained by a series of diplomatic upsets in late 2013.