Washington, D.C: US President Donald Trump has officially scheduled Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India to attend the White House next month. Leaders completed a “productive” telephone conversation that focused on building “fair” trade arrangements and strengthening bilateral partnership initiatives.
He and I engaged in a prolonged conversation early this morning. He plans an upcoming White House visit sometime in February of next month. Trump informed journalists onboard Air Force One that his administration maintains excellent diplomatic ties with India as he returned to Joint Base Andrews from Florida.
A White House statement supported the call, which was centred on developing stronger partnerships combined with security discussions throughout the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and European regions. During a constructive telephone conversation, “President Donald J Trump held an effective talk with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.” According to the statement, both leaders dedicated their conversation to discussing further ways to expand their cooperation.
President Trump pushed India to buy more security equipment produced in America while working on establishing a balanced trading system between both nations. White House officials discussed upcoming events in Prime Minister Modi’s presidential visit to strengthen US-India strategic ties further.
The Prime Minister showed pleasure in his phone conversation with President Trump before describing him as “a friend”, while both leaders strengthened their commitment to a beneficial partnership. PM Modi announced through his tweet that he and President Trump would join forces to create benefits for their nations and global stability and security.
During a phone discussion between leaders, India expressed concern about the Trump administration’s aggressive stance on border control and trade restrictions. Trump previously labelled India “the king of tariffs,” yet he mentioned his potential for imposing 100 per cent duties against BRICS partners, including India.
The call came after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s series of meetings with US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, in Washington, D.C. During his time there, Jaishankar witnessed Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20 and participated in the first Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Trump administration.
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