New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on behalf of US President Donald Trump.
Confirming the development, US ambassador to India Sergio Gor wrote on X, “Secretary Marco Rubio extended an invite on behalf of President Donald Trump, for Prime Minister Modi to visit the White House in the near future!”
Rubio, who arrived in Kolkata this morning for his first official visit to India, flew to New Delhi in the afternoon and held talks on trade and security during his meeting with the Indian Prime Minister.
“We discussed sustained progress in the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and issues related to regional and global peace and security. India and the United States will continue to work closely for the global good,” PM Modi stated in a post on X.
Ambassador Gor, who joined Rubio for the meeting with Modi, said the talks covered the Indo-Pacific, where China has sought to assert its strength.
“Great to join @SecRubio for a meeting with Prime Minister @narendramodi We had a productive discussion on ways to deepen U.S.-India cooperation across security, trade, and critical technologies – areas that strengthen both our nations and advance a free and open Indo-Pacific. India is a vital partner to the United States!” Gor wrote on his X handle.
During his three-day India visit, the top US diplomat is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and attend a meeting of the Quad foreign ministers in New Delhi.
In Kolkata, his first stop, Rubio visited the Mother House, headquarters of St Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.
