<p>Just days ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India, the cabinet committee on security(CCS) approved a <a href="https://www.wionews.com/opinions-blogs/heres-why-no-trade-deal-should-be-expected-during-donald-trumps-india-visit-281652">deal </a>to procure a batch of 24 Lockheed martin MH-60 Romeo helicopters from the US.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/not-in-a-hurry-for-a-trade-deal-says-india-ahead-of-trumps-visit-281638">Also Read:&nbsp;'Not in a hurry for a trade deal,' says India ahead of Trump's visit</a></p>

<p>The deal is likely to be signed during Trump's two-day visit to India next week. The choppers equipped with hellfire air-to-surface missiles is expected to boost India's naval attack capability.</p>

<p>The helicopter for the Indian Navy is likely to be around $2.4 billion. Ahead of President Trump's visit, India said that both sides don't want to rush into a trade deal even as the US president said he was "saving the big deal for later on".</p>

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<p>We’re doing a very big trade deal with India. We’ll have it. I don’t know if it’ll be done before the election, but we’ll have a very big deal with India," Trump told reporters in Washington.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/preparations-in-full-swing-ahead-of-us-president-donald-trumps-india-visit-281468">Also Read: India to spend Rs 1.5 crore a minute during Trump's Ahmedabad visit</a></p>

<p>India-US trade has been growing more than ten per cent per annum over the past two years and the trade deficit has been declining and expected to reduce as New Delhi imports more US oil and gas and purchase of civilian planes.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The US is India's sixth-largest importer of crude oil and India is now its fourth-largest customer.</p>


Just days ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India, the cabinet committee on security(CCS) approved a deal to procure a batch of 24 Lockheed martin MH-60 Romeo helicopters from the US.

Just days ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India, the cabinet committee on security(CCS) approved a deal to procure a batch of 24 Lockheed martin MH-60 Romeo helicopters from the US. Also Read: 'Not in a hurry for a trade deal,' says India ahead of Trump's visit The deal is likely to be signed during Trump's two-day visit to India next week. The choppers equipped with hellfire air-to-surface missiles is expected to boost India's naval attack capability. The helicopter for the Indian Navy is likely to be around $2.4 billion. Ahead of President Trump's visit, India said that both sides don't want to rush into a trade deal even as the US president said he was "saving the big deal for later on". Watch Video: We’re doing a very big trade deal with India. We’ll have it. I don’t know if it’ll be done before the election, but we’ll have a very big deal with India," Trump told reporters in Washington. Also Read: India to spend Rs 1.5 crore a minute during Trump's Ahmedabad visit India-US trade has been growing more than ten per cent per annum over the past two years and the trade deficit has been declining and expected to reduce as New Delhi imports more US oil and gas and purchase of civilian planes. The US is India's sixth-largest importer of crude oil and India is now its fourth-largest customer.

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<p>The month of February marks the first&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/ahead-of-trumps-visit-cabinet-committee-on-security-approves-us-helicopter-deal-281706" target="_blank">visit of US President Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;to India, and to mark this occasion the Ministry of External Affairs came up with creative greetings in the form of multilingual welcome for him and First Lady Melania Trump.</p>

<p>The official public diplomacy Twitter account of the MEA, named ‘Indian Diplomacy’, posted online and requested people to tweet a video of themselves saying ‘<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/us-president-donald-trump-retweets-wions-coverage-of-his-upcoming-trip-to-india-281666" target="_blank">Welcome to India President Trump</a>’ in their mother tongues. Respondents have also been asked to mention the language in which they would be sending their wishes.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/trumps-36-hours-in-india-will-be-brief-but-intense-281734" target="_blank">Trump's 36 hours in India will be 'brief but intense'</a></p>

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India welcomes President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> in our uniquely diverse way. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NamasteTrump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NamasteTrump</a> <a href="https://t.co/dxWXUHOYIj">pic.twitter.com/dxWXUHOYIj</a></p>
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<p>Welcoming&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/ahead-of-trumps-agra-visit-500-cusecs-of-water-released-into-yamuna-to-tackle-foul-smell-281629" target="_blank">President Trump</a>&nbsp;in such an innovative manner, who will be making his maiden visit to India on 24 and 25 February is an initiative which the Indian public has taken on eagerly, with people sending personalised videos in Kashmiri, Garhwali and Kannada, while others sent written messages in Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil, Odia and Telugu.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/not-in-a-hurry-for-a-trade-deal-says-india-ahead-of-trumps-visit-281638" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;along with his wife Melania will be travelling to New Delhi and Ahemdabad on his two-day visit. A trip to the Sabarmati Ashram and signing a trade deal are also reportedly on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/namaste-trump-india-to-spend-rs-15-crore-a-minute-during-us-presidents-ahmedabad-visit-281468" target="_blank">the President's itinerary</a>.</p>

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Ahmedabad 🇮🇳India. World's largest <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> stadium is ready to host <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NamasteTrump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NamasteTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AapnuAmdavad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AapnuAmdavad</a> 😍 <a href="https://t.co/pYtMScTDMp">pic.twitter.com/pYtMScTDMp</a></p>
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<p>Trump is also expected to address a public rally at the newly constructed Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, though&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/going-to-india-trump-set-to-open-worlds-biggest-cricket-stadium-281416" target="_blank">the size of the crowd</a>&nbsp;which is to welcome him there is still unclear.</p>

<p>“He (Modi) said that we will have millions and millions of people. My only problem is that last night we probably had 40 or 50,000 people… I am not going to feel so good… There will be five to seven million people just from the airport to the new stadium,” Donald Trump told reporters.</p>


The month of February marks the first visit of US President Donald Trump to India, and to mark this occasion the Ministry of External Affairs came up with creative greetings in the form of multilingual welcome for him and First Lady Melania Trump.

The month of February marks the first visit of US President Donald Trump to India, and to mark this occasion the Ministry of External Affairs came up with creative greetings in the form of multilingual welcome for him and First Lady Melania Trump. The official public diplomacy Twitter account of the MEA, named ‘Indian Diplomacy’, posted online and requested people to tweet a video of themselves saying ‘Welcome to India President Trump’ in their mother tongues. Respondents have also been asked to mention the language in which they would be sending their wishes. Also Read: Trump's 36 hours in India will be 'brief but intense' President @realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS will be on their first visit to India from 24-25 February 2020 at the invitation of PM @narendramodi. India welcomes President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS in our uniquely diverse way. #NamasteTrump pic.twitter.com/dxWXUHOYIj — Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) February 19, 2020 × Welcoming President Trump in such an innovative manner, who will be making his maiden visit to India on 24 and 25 February is an initiative which the Indian public has taken on eagerly, with people sending personalised videos in Kashmiri, Garhwali and Kannada, while others sent written messages in Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil, Odia and Telugu. Watch | Indians welcome Donald Trump for two-day visit Diverse greetings sent to US President @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/u2eoSXBGjI — WION (@WIONews) February 20, 2020 × Donald Trump along with his wife Melania will be travelling to New Delhi and Ahemdabad on his two-day visit. A trip to the Sabarmati Ashram and signing a trade deal are also reportedly on the President's itinerary. I feel so proud when My Non Indian friends are sharing below pictures with me asking that “Hey Aditi, this is from your hometown - right?”🥰 yes, this is #MoteraStadium Ahmedabad 🇮🇳India. World's largest #Cricket stadium is ready to host @POTUS #NamasteTrump #AapnuAmdavad 😍 pic.twitter.com/pYtMScTDMp — Aditi Raval (@aditiraval) February 19, 2020 × Trump is also expected to address a public rally at the newly constructed Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, though the size of the crowd which is to welcome him there is still unclear. “He (Modi) said that we will have millions and millions of people. My only problem is that last night we probably had 40 or 50,000 people… I am not going to feel so good… There will be five to seven million people just from the airport to the new stadium,” Donald Trump told reporters.

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