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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump exchanged pleasantries and held a little speech connected Tuesday astatine a gathering of G7 leaders, marking their archetypal in-person brushwood successful 16 months amid continuing strain successful bilateral ties.
In Evian-les-Bains, the tract of this year's acme of the almighty grouping, Mr. Modi and Mr. Trump shared a lukewarm handshake followed by a abbreviated conversation. A afloat bilateral sit-down is slated for Wednesday (June 17, 2026) connected the sidelines of the gathering.
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While details of their little speech were not known, the brushwood sets the signifier for their high-stakes talks. The 2 leaders past met in-person astatine the White House successful February 2025, weeks aft Mr. Trump’s 2nd inauguration.
Following U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's sojourn to India past month, the 2 sides were present looking astatine rebuilding the bilateral ties.
The relations witnessed a large downturn aft Washington imposed punitive tariffs connected India and President Trump made arguable assertions regarding his relation successful de-escalating the India–Pakistan subject clashes past May.
Over the adjacent fewer months, the U.S. President repeatedly and publically claimed that helium had resolved the subject struggle betwixt the 2 neighbours and saved millions of lives arsenic it was heading toward a full-scale war.
New Delhi stoutly maintained that the cessation of the hostilities was A effect of talks betwixt India and Pakistan, and the US engagement had thing to bash with it. Washington's caller migration argumentation and its determination to summation the H1B visa interest besides contributed to the descent successful India-U.S. ties.
However, some sides made efforts successful the past fewer months to repair the ties and adjacent moved guardant to steadfast up a mutually beneficial commercialized woody soon.
Last week, the relations came nether caller strain aft 3 Indian sailors were killed pursuing the US military's attacks connected 3 merchant vessels disconnected the seashore of Oman.
Three Indians from 1 of the vessels were killed successful the strikes pursuing which New Delhi summoned the U.S. complaint d'affaires Jason Meeks and told him that the American military’s “lethal and deadly” strikes connected commercialized vessels with Indian unit members is “unacceptable”.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar besides raised the contented with Rubio.
The US Central Command said it initiated enactment to disable 3 vessels — Marivex connected June 8, Settebello connected June 9 and MT Jalveer connected June 11 saying they were trying to interruption the US blockade of Iranian ports.
In their gathering connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026), the 2 leaders are expected to instrumentality banal of the full gamut of bilateral ties, including the ongoing negotiations for the bilateral commercialized woody and steps being taken to boost defence cooperation.
The commercialized pact is expected to beryllium an important measurement towards a broad bilateral commercialized agreement, arsenic envisaged during PM Modi's sojourn to Washington DC successful February past year.
Mr. Modi and Mr. Trump whitethorn besides speech views connected pressing geopolitical issues, including vigor security, the West Asia situation and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Mr. Rubio, during his gathering with the premier curate past month, had invited him connected behalf of Trump to sojourn the White House successful the "near future".
The apical American diplomat described India arsenic the "cornerstone" of Washington's attack towards the Indo-Pacific.
Mr. Modi has travelled to France for the G7 summit arsenic India was invited arsenic a impermanent state to the summit.
The Group of 7 (G7) brings unneurotic 7 of the world's astir precocious economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Union is besides a subordinate of the bloc.
The G7 serves arsenic the forum of prime for its members to sermon and coordinate enactment successful effect to large economic, fiscal and geopolitical challenges connected the planetary stage.
PM Modi arrived successful Evian-les-Bains aft concluding his two-day travel to Slovakia.
The Prime Minister was welcomed astatine the G7 venue by French President Emmanuel Macron. Modi aboriginal joined different leaders for a G7 household photo.
"Leaders including Prime Minister @narendramodi stitchery for the household photograph astatine the 52nd @G7 Summit successful Evian, France. A measurement further successful corporate committedness to code planetary challenges and beforehand inclusive growth," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said connected societal media.
Mr. Modi besides exchanged pleasantries with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
