SRINAGAR: US President Donald Trump is expected to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France on Wednesday, according to multiple media reports citing US officials.
The reported engagement would mark the first meeting between the two leaders since February last year in Washington, highlighting renewed high-level diplomatic contact between the United States and India at a major multilateral forum.
President Trump is due to travel to France on Monday morning for the G7 Summit, where he will join leaders of major economies for discussions on global political and economic priorities.
During his stay, he is also scheduled to hold separate bilateral meetings with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and France, as part of a wider series of diplomatic engagements on the sidelines of the summit.
Prime Minister Modi left on Saturday for a week-long visit to France and Slovakia, during which he will attend the G7 Summit and hold talks with world leaders on bilateral, regional and global issues.
