Rubio: Trump to Visit India Early Next Year
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- Rubio said Trump is likely to visit India early next year and plans to travel to New Delhi himself before year-end to finalize preparations for the trip.
- The visit would be Trump's first to India since February 2020 and his first since returning to the White House for a second term.
- Trump and Modi last met on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Evian, France — their first bilateral meeting in 16 months.
- The US-India bilateral trade agreement is "on the last inches" of completion, with Rubio describing negotiations as "very positive" following Trump's G7 meeting with Modi.
- Both countries are preparing for another Quad meeting, with Rubio saying he hopes to return to India to help set up the presidential visit.
- India is among the few countries capable of refining heavy crude, which Rubio flagged as part of close US-India energy cooperation, while also calling himself "a fan" of Modi and crediting him with making "India a global power."
Why it matters: A Trump visit to India — his first since February 2020 — would land while the bilateral trade deal Rubio describes as nearly done is being finalized, with Rubio's own pre-visit trip to New Delhi and his bundling of trade, energy cooperation, and the Quad into one announcement tying multiple diplomatic tracks to a single engagement.
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