Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the White House for a meeting with US President Donald Trump next month. The two leaders had a range of discussions on a “productive” phone call, a statement released by the White House.
In the statement released by the White House, Trump and Modi discussed security in the Indo-Pacific, West Asia and Europe, and the Quad (a grouping India and the US form with Japan and Australia).
Further, the statement read, “The President emphasized the importance of India increasing its procurement of American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship.”
Earlier this week, PM Modi wrote in the post on X that he had spoken to “dear friend President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS.”
He further said, “Congratulated him on his historic second term. We are committed to a mutually beneficial and trusted partnership. We will work together for the welfare of our people and towards global peace, prosperity, and security.”
In the statement released by the White House, the two leaders discussed underscoring the strength of the friendship and strategic ties between our nations.
“Both leaders emphasized their commitment to advancing the U.S.-India strategic partnership and the Indo-Pacific Quad partnership, with India hosting Quad Leaders for the first time later this year”, the statement further read.
Meanwhile, the statement released by the White House indicates a visit is in the offing but gave no details. There have been reports of officials of the two countries discussing a White House visit for PM Modi in February but there have been no announcements thus far.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar represented the Prime Minister at Trump’s inauguration last week and attended all related events. He even attended a prayer service where guests included the Trump family, cabinet members, and the US President’s allies in the tech world, such as Elon Musk of Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Sundar Pichai of Google.
Jaishankar also became Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first foreign guest for a bilateral at the State Department, following a meeting of the Quad foreign ministers, along with Australia’s Penny Wong and Japan’s Iwaya Takeshi.
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