US President Donald Trump will visit India onFebruary 24-25, confirmed White House on Tuesday. During his two-day visit toIndia, Trump will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad to further strengthen thestrategic bilateral partnership and highlight the strong and enduring bondsbetween the American and Indian people.
Trump will be accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump,said White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.
The press secretary said that President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked over the telephone in the weekend. Grisham said, "During a phone call over the weekend, President Trump and PM Modi agreed the trip would further strengthen the India-US strategic partnership and highlight the strong and enduring bonds between the American and Indian people."
Indian-American philanthropist and head ofIndiaspora, MR Rangaswami, while quoted by news agency PTI said that PresidentTrump's trip to India is timely in view of the bilateral trade issues that needto be resolved and in light of the collaborations between the US and India invarious realms.
Trump's visit follows PM Modi's tour of the US inSeptember, during which he met with the US President in New York on thesidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
The meeting had come just days after the two leadersattended the mega "Howdy Modi" rally in Houston which was attended by morethan 50,000 Indian-Americans.
The two leaders also met in August at the G7 summitheld in the French town of Biarritz.
