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US President Donald Trump has said he will visit India at the urging of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latest sign of a possible thaw in a trade dispute that has soured the two countries’ relationship.
“He’s a friend of mine, and we speak, and he wants me to go there, and we’ll figure that out, I’ll go,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, calling Modi a “great man”.
Trump said the visit “could be” next year but otherwise declined to provide a timeline for a trip.
“I do not have anything on this to share,” Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said at a briefing in New Delhi on Friday regarding Trump’s visit. “I will let you know when I have.”

During his visit to the White House in February, Modi had invited Trump to India.
“On behalf of 1.4 billion Indians, I invite you to come to India,” the Indian leader said at a joint press conference in Washington during the visit. But relations between the two countries deteriorated rapidly after that.
Trump earlier this year slapped 50 per cent tariffs on India’s exports to the US in part to pressure Delhi to stop buying Russian oil. That added tensions to an already contentious negotiation over what the US has cast as India’s high levies and other barriers on American goods.
In recent weeks, Trump has said that Modi has pledged to wind down purchases of crude from Russia and expressed optimism about trade talks.

While some officials in Delhi have indicated that India is close to signing a trade deal with Washington, others – including the Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal – have sent mixed signals, saying the country will not be pressured into finalising any agreement.
It is also unclear if the recent warmth between the two leaders will last. Despite sharing a close relationship, the alliance between Trump and Modi has been strained by the US leader’s repeated claim that he deserves credit for brokering a truce in a four-day armed conflict between India and Pakistan.
Trump’s last presidential visit to India came over five years ago, during his first term. “The people of India still remember your visit of 2020, and hope that President Trump will come to them once again,” Modi said at the February press conference.


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Trump says he will visit India’s Modi despite tariff tiff: ‘he’s a friend of mine’

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump embrace during a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. Photo: AFP

Trump earlier this year slapped 50 per cent tariffs on India’s exports to the US in part to pressure Delhi to stop buying Russian oil. Photo: Reuters

Happier times: Indians hold masks of US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they wait for a “Namaste Trump” to start in Ahmedabad, India, in February 2020. Photo: AP

India pressured to stop Russian oil imports after US sanctions on 2 more producers

A view of an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The US has imposed sanctions against several major Russian oil producers. Photo: AFP

The logo of Russia’s energy giant Lukoil at a petrol station in Sofia. The company and Rosneft are the target of new US sanctions. Photo: AFP

A petrochemical plant in Houston, Texas. India is likely to buy more West Texas Intermediate crude as a result of US sanctions on Russian oil producers, analysts say. Photo: AFP

Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system seen at the 2019 Victory Day parade in Moscow. The system was deployed by India in its conflict against Pakistan in May. Photo: Xinhua

Trump’s 50% tariff sows ‘total mistrust’ between US and India

Employees work at a buttermilk packaging plant in Gandhinagar, India, on August 7. US President Donald Trump has abruptly doubled tariffs on Indian goods. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India has vowed to take “appropriate steps to protect national interest” in response to Trump’s tariffs. Photo: AFP

Workers stitch dresses at a garment manufacturing unit in Noida on Thursday. India’s macroeconomic losses may be felt more keenly in politically sensitive, labour-intensive sectors such as jewellery and textiles, analysts say. Photo: Reuters

An oil tanker train passes near a refinery in Guwahati. Russian oil makes up about 35 per cent of India’s imports. Photo: AFP

A mobile crane carries a container at Deendayal Port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat in April. Bilateral trade between India and Russia reached a record US$68.7 billion in financial year 2024-25. Photo: Reuters

Why India’s Modi skipped Asean summit in Malaysia

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears on a screen to deliver a speech remotely during the Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday. Photo: EPA

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) waves to supporters during a public meeting in Bihar on May 30. Bihar state polls are due to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. Photo: AFP

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The US president had warm words for India’s prime minister, but tensions over trade and a recent conflict with Pakistan remain unresolved


The US president had warm words for India’s prime minister, but tensions over trade and a recent conflict with Pakistan remain unresolved.


Trump says he will visit India’s Modi despite tariff tiff: ‘he’s a friend of mine’

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The US president had warm words for India’s prime minister, but tensions over trade and a recent conflict with Pakistan remain unresolved

The US president had warm words for India’s prime minister, but tensions over trade and a recent conflict with Pakistan remain unresolved