Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hosted United States Vice President JD Vance, together with Second Woman Usha Vance, their kids, and senior members of the US administration, at his official residence in New Delhi.
The 2 leaders reviewed and positively assessed the progress made in varied areas of bilateral cooperation. They welcomed the numerous development in negotiations for a mutually helpful India-U.S. Bilateral Commerce Settlement, noting that it focuses on the welfare of the folks of each nations.
“Prime Minister fondly recalled his go to to Washington D.C. in January and his fruitful discussions with President Trump, which laid down the roadmap for shut cooperation between India and the U.S., leveraging the strengths of Make America Nice Once more (MAGA) and Viksit Bharat 2047,” the Prime Minister’s Workplace stated in an official assertion.
Along with commerce, Prime Minister Modi and Vice President Vance acknowledged ongoing collaboration in key strategic sectors, together with power, defence, and cutting-edge applied sciences.
In addition they exchanged views on a variety of regional and world problems with mutual curiosity, stressing that dialogue and diplomacy ought to be the guiding ideas in coping with worldwide challenges.
Modi additionally conveyed his greetings to U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed enthusiasm for his upcoming go to to India later this 12 months. “Prime Minister conveyed his heat greetings to President Trump and stated that he appeared ahead to his go to to India later this 12 months,” the assertion famous.
The assembly comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has imposed after which paused sweeping tariffs on imports from over 70 nations, together with India. India and the US are actively negotiating a bilateral commerce settlement aimed toward addressing tariff boundaries and enhancing market entry.
The high-level discussions between Modi and Vance are seen as a part of a broader push to stabilise and deepen financial ties, particularly as each nations search to align strategic pursuits.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday stated India is “actively partaking” with the US and hopes to conclude the primary tranche of the bilateral commerce settlement “positively” by fall (September-October) this 12 months.
“We’re one of many nations which is actively engaged with the brand new administration of the US of America to see how finest we are able to get a bilateral commerce settlement accomplished,” she stated throughout an interplay with the Indian diaspora in San Francisco.