PM Modi and Donald Trump | Photo: File Image PM Modi and Donald Trump | Photo: File Image

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the US next week for talks with President Donald Trump. The trip comes at a time when the government has received much flak over the video of illegal Indian migrants chained and shackled being sent back on a military aircraft. Many Indians are angry that the Modi government was not able to ensure that its nationals were sent back with dignity. The Prime Minister’s image in the country is that of a strong man and people are surprised that this could happen on his watch.swerteplay

Foreign secretary Vikran Misri announcing the visit said the Prime Minister will be in Washington on the 12-13 and hold discussions on how to take forward the already all- encompassing bilateral relations during Trump’s second term. “The Prime Minister’s visit to the United States will give further direction and impetus to this very important partnership. We expect a joint statement to be adopted at the end of the visit,” Misri said.

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Misri had to field a barrage of question from reporters on the deportees. He however did not go beyond what foreign minister Subramanyam Jaishankar said in Parliament. Misri insisted that the "restraints’’, meaning the chains, were standard operating procedure that had been in place from before. "There has been no change from the past,” he said. He said officials were in touch with their American counterparts and "registered our protest’’ on the issue of treatment of the deportees both in Washington and New Delhi. No official was summoned to convey India’s protest. More plane load of illegal migrants will be deported in the next few days. Misri said another 487 detainees have been identified by the US authorities.

“There has been a very close rapport between President Trump and Prime Minister Modi dating back to President Trump’s first term. There is an obvious convergence of interest between the two countries in a number of areas: trade, investment, technology, defence cooperation, counter-terrorism, security of the Indo-Pacific, and the people-to-people relationship,” Misri said at the special briefing on the PM’s visit on Friday.

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However despite the "rapport" between the two leaders, Donald Trump is unpredictable. India will take care not to muddy the waters and spoil a close relationship that has paid dividends to India in the past. New Delhi has already ensured that the ground is cleared on tariffs by reducing import duties on a variety of imports from the US in this year’s budget. However,ff777 slot with a transactional businessman like Trump, no one can be certain whether there won’t be some last minute new demands.

"It needs to be kept in mind that 2025 is not 2017 when Trump was first elected President. The world has changed in 2025 as compared to 2017 and so also has Trump. Trump 2.0 is much more confident, self-assured, unencumbered and impulsive than he was eight years ago. He will have to be handled deftly, smartly and intelligently. With his twenty-five years of experience in governance, PM Modi is ideally equipped to effectively accomplish this task,’’ ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar. He is optimistic that `` India will be able to steer India-US ties on an upward trajectory during Trump 2.0.

"This is reflected in the warm and friendly conversations between PM Modi and President Trump since the latter’s re-election. Convergence on bilateral, regional and global issues is much greater than divergences on some aspects. India would be ready to negotiate intensely on trade, tariffs, immigration, defence procurement and other matters to arrive at mutually advantageous win-win solutions."

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