Narendra Modi US visit LIVE: Hour after landing in Washington for his two-day US visit, PM Modi held several high-profile engagements, including meets with Elon Musk, US NSA Michael Waltz and Vivek Ramaswamy. PM Modi's US visit comes at a pivotal time, following Trump's recent threats of tariffs.
Narendra Modi US visit Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Donald Trump for the first time since the US President assumed office on January 20 for his second term. PM Modi began his day by meeting US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and also held talks with the world’s richest man Elon Musk at the Blair House in Washington, which is hosting him during his two-day US visit.
PM Modi also met Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy.
PM Modi's visit to the US comes after a two-day trip to France, during which he held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed a wide range of issues, including collaboration on AI and civil nuclear energy.
Ahead of his visit, the prime minister remarked that he was looking forward to meeting his “friend” Donald Trump and recalled working together in Trump's first term to build a global partnership.
PM added that the trip was an “opportunity to build upon the successes of our collaboration in his first term and develop an agenda to further elevate and deepen our partnership."
PM Modi US visit | Key points
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Washington DC in the early hours of Thursday (late Wednesday EST), kicking off his two-day US visit. PM Modi's US visit's most anticipated bit is his bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump.
- PM Modi's Washington visit comes nearly three weeks after the January 20 inauguration of Donald Trump and amid tariff threats issued by the US leader in the recent past.
- The White House announced that President Donald Trump would reveal his reciprocal tariff plans before PM Modi's visit to Washington DC. The tariffs could mean duties levied on Indian imports to the US, which Trump had earlier stated would be equal to the taxes charged by other nations on their products.
-One of PM Narendra Modi's first high-profile engagements after reaching Washington was his meetings with United States National Security Advisor Michael Waltz at Blair House in Washington DC and with the US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. Just hours before Tulsi Gabbard's meeting with PM Modi, she took the oath of office as the 8th Director of National Intelligence in the presence of Donald Trump.
-PM Modi also met Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at Blair House on Thursday.
