Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the United States on February 12 and 13 to meet with US President Donald Trump and interact with senior administration officials.
This will be PM Modi’s first visit to the US since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said at a special media briefing that the Prime Minister’s visit within three weeks of the new administration taking office shows the importance of the India-US partnership.
“At the invitation of US President Donald Trump, PM Modi will pay an official working visit to the US on the 12th and 13th of February. This will be Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to the United States since the inauguration of the second presidential term of US President Donald Trump,” he said.
“The fact that the Prime Minister has been invited to visit the US within barely three weeks of the new administration taking office shows the importance of the India-US partnership and is also reflective of the bipartisan support that this partnership enjoys in the US,” he added.
Answering a query, he said PM Modi and the US President will have discussions on areas such as energy and defence. “Energy and defence, both of these are definitely going to be on the table when the PM and President meet. On Tariffs, you have seen the announcement that have been made in the budget, some of those are already out there. We expect that there will be a more intense and continuing conversation with the US on these matters,” he said.
Misri informed that PM Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump, and key US administration figures are also expected to call on PM. “The PM will hold a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump in a restricted and delegation-level format. The senior US administration figures are expected to call on PM during the visit. The PM will also have the opportunity to interact with business leaders and members of the Indian community,” Misri said.
He said India’s relationship with the US has been “one of our strongest international partnerships in recent years.”
Before his US visit, PM Modi will be in France from February 10 to 12, where he will co-chair the AI Summit along with President Emmanuel Macron and address the India-France CEOs forum. PM will co-chair the AI Summit alongside President Macron of France. “After the AI summit, there will be a bilateral component to the visit and PM Modi and President Macron will address the India-France CEOs forum,” Misri said.
