Will PM Modi meet Trump at G7? US president confirms France visit
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File photo: US President Donald Trump speaks with the press as he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. Photograph: (AFP)
US President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend the G7 Summit in France later this month, sparking speculation about a possible meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also expected to be there.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jun 3) announced that he will be attending the G7 Summit in France later this month. This has raised speculation about a possible meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will also be attending the event in Évian-les-Bains. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that he will travel to France after attending a UFC event at the White House on June 14.
“I’ll be going to the G7, in France, immediately following what will be one of the Most Entertaining Nights in American History, the UFC World Championship Fights on the South Lawn of the White House,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
PM Modi is set to travel to France and Slovakia as India-Europe relations strengthen. He is expected to attend the G7 Summit in the scenic town of Évian-les-Bains from 15-17 June. While New Delhi has not yet formally confirmed his participation, the French Foreign Ministry said that Indian has been invited to the key event, adding that PM Modi has confirmed his attendance.
This comes amid trade tensions between the two countries after Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on India, citing New Delhi’s Russian oil purchases. Despite recent strains in bilateral ties, PM Modi and Trump have maintained regular communication through a series of phone conversations over the past few months.
The relationship has also shown signs of renewed momentum following the visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to India last month. During his interactions with PM Modi, Rubio provided an update on progress in key areas of cooperation, including defence, strategic technologies, trade and investment, energy security, connectivity, education, and people-to-people relations.
Earlier on Tuesday (Jun 2), negotiators from India and the US began three-day talks in New Delhi aimed at finalising the proposed interim trade agreement. The broad framework for the deal was agreed upon in February.
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US Ambassador Sergio Gor has said that the India-US trade deal was “99 per cent complete”, adding that both sides were working to resolve the remaining issues. He also expressed optimism, saying that the agreement could be signed in the coming weeks.
“And so that is something that this relationship is valued, that the (US) trade team that is right now negotiating on that. Once that trade deal is finalised… the interim trade deal was there in place. It is that 1 per cent that we are trying to get across the finish line. So the leaders can have a signing and put that in stone and in law,” Gor said.
