Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump will meet on February 13. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Trump took oath as President for the second time.Modi is expected to arrive in Washington DC on the evening of February 12 after wrapping up his visit to France, and will stay in the US capital till February 14. He is expected to have other engagements both with American corporate leaders and with the community.
After their first call since he took office last Monday, Trump told reporters that Modi was likely to visit the White House in February. The Indian side has been keen on an early engagement between leaders, banking on the personal rapport between Modi and Trump to pave the way for both deeper collaboration and prevent potentially difficult issues from undermining the relationship.