Trump Says India’s Modi Will Meet With Him Next Week in U.S.

Former President Donald Trump mentioned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to satisfy with him subsequent week—the newest go to from a international chief or official as nations grapple with the opportunity of the Republican returning to energy after November’s election.

“He occurs to be coming to satisfy me subsequent week, and Modi, he’s implausible,” the Republican presidential nominee mentioned Tuesday throughout a city corridor in Flint, Michigan, as he revealed the go to throughout a winding reply that touched on free commerce and defending U.S. jobs.

The Trump marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request searching for particulars concerning the assembly.

Modi can be within the U.S. this weekend, the place he’s slated to attend the Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware that’s being hosted by President Joe Biden. On Sept. 23, Modi is predicted to handle the “Summit of the Future” on the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Trump has met with different world leaders this yr, together with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who visited the previous President at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in March and with Polish President Andrzej Duda on the Trump Tower in New York.

As President, Trump traveled to India in 2020, a visit which noticed Modi roll out the crimson carpet to court docket the Republican, who’s fond of enormous crowd sizes, together with with an occasion at a cricket stadium the place he was greeted by greater than 100,000 folks.

Under Biden, the U.S. has pledged to work with India on know-how corresponding to synthetic intelligence and dedicated to the co-production of delicate protection applied sciences. Biden has sought to strengthen ties with Asian nations to raised counter China’s rising army and financial affect within the Asia-Pacific area. The President additionally hosted Modi for a state dinner in 2023.

But U.S.-India ties beneath Biden have additionally been pissed off partially by New Delhi’s reluctance to dealer an finish to Russia’s conflict on Ukraine. India is reliant on Russia for army weapons and low cost oil, and has shunned condemning Vladimir Putin for his invasion.

Modi visited Kyiv in August for the primary time because the conflict started and has advocated for diplomacy and dialog to finish the battle.