PM Modi to Visit US on Feb 12-13, Set to Meet Donald Trump: Foreign Secretary Confirms

PM Modi to Visit US on Feb 12-13, Set to Meet Donald Trump: Amidst accusations of President Donald Trump on Monday in the American press of having tried to prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants back to India from the United States, it is confirmed that Mr. Modi will now visit the United States on February 12 and 13, where he is expected to meet up with President Trump, as quoted by PTI from Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday.

PM Modi's visit follows an invitation from Trump, who returned to the White House for his second term just weeks ago.

They are coming to visit these states as Modi's government is trying to defend its stand on treatment of 104 Indian immigrants who were deported from Washington this week as part of Trump's immigration rules.

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On PM Modi's visit to the US, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, as quoted by ANI, “At the invitation of US President Donald Trump, PM Modi will pay an official working visit to the US on 12th and 13th of February. This will be the first visit of Prime Minister Modi to the United States since the inauguration of the second presidential term of US President Donald Trump.”

"Prime Minister Modi would be amongst the first few world leaders to visit the United States following the inauguration of US President Trump, and 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..," Vikram Misri added.

When asked if protests were organized after the deportation of illegal Indian immigrants in the U.S. in 2012, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, "I don't think there was any protest. We don't have any record of any protest having been made about it."

Earlier on 27 January, President Trump had discussion with PM Modi on immigration and stressed on India buying more American security equipment and having fair bilateral trading ties.

Given to be a strategic partner of the United States, India wants to strengthen trade relations with the U.S. and wants more skilled work visas for its citizens.

Besides, India is considering the imposition of the review of tariffs on over 30 types of goods that include luxury cars, solar cells, and chemicals, a senior official from the finance ministry told Reuters this week, which might potentially help in raising the import to the U.S. as the global trade tensions are brewing.

As has been told, the USA is the biggest trading partner of India, with the two-way trade between the two going beyond $118 billion in 2023-24 with a trade surplus of $32 billion for India.

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PM Modi's France visit:

The Prime Minister will visit France from February 10 to 12 before travelling to Washington. He will co-chair the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron amid his visit to France and visit Cadarache, the site of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor of which India is a partner.

Addressing the media, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, as quoted by ANI, “At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting France from 10th to 12th February 2025. This visit is on the occasion of the organization of the Artificial Intelligence Summit that France is organizing and the Prime Minister will co-chair this AI Action Summit alongside President Macron of France.…."

“Prime Minister will arrive in Paris on the evening of the 10th of February. He will that evening attend a dinner that is being hosted by President Macron at the Élysée Palace in honour of visiting heads of government and heads of State. The dinner is also likely to be attended by a large number of CEOs from the tech domain and a number of other distinguished invitees to the summit. The following day on 11th February, the Prime Minister will co-chair the AI Action Summit along with President Macron...This is the third such high-level summit that is being held in the very recent past. The first of these was in the UK in 2023, the second one in the Republic of Korea in 2024 and now this one in France..,” he added.

He added, "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...PM Modi will travel to Marseille on the evening of 11th February. President Emmanuel Macron will also host a dinner in honour of PM Modi...On 12th Feb the leaders will visit the war cemetery and there they will pay tribute to the sacrifices made by Indian Soldiers in World War 1. The two leaders will jointly inaugurate the newest Consulate General of India in Marseille...The two leaders will pay a visit to Kadash which is the site of the international thermal nuclear experimental reactor..."

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