Trump-PM Modi Meet On The Cards? US President Confirms Attending G7 Summit In France

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he will travel to France later this month to attend the G7 Summit, raising the possibility of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would head to France after attending a UFC event at the White House on June 14.

Prime Minister Modi is also expected to attend the summit, scheduled to be held in Évian-les-Bains from June 15 to 17. While New Delhi is yet to formally announce the Prime Minister’s participation, the French Foreign Ministry has said India has been invited as a partner country and that Modi has confirmed his attendance.

Big Modi-Trump Meet

The summit could provide an opportunity for the two leaders to hold their first in-person bilateral meeting

since PM Modi’s visit to the United States in February last year.

India-US ties came under strain over the past year after Trump imposed steep tariffs on Indian goods, criticised New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil and repeatedly claimed credit for helping end tensions between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor.

Despite the tensions, Modi and Trump have remained in touch through several phone conversations in recent months.

Relations have shown signs of improvement following the visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to India last month. Rubio briefed PM Modi on progress in bilateral cooperation across defence, strategic technologies, trade and investment, energy security, connectivity, education and people-to-people ties.

India-US Trade Deal Almost Done

Adding to the optimism, US Ambassador Sergio Gor recently said a long-awaited India-US trade agreement was “99 per cent complete”, with both sides working to resolve the remaining issues. He expressed confidence that the deal could be signed in the coming weeks and reiterated Washington’s commitment to strengthening ties with New Delhi.

Top negotiators from India and the US on Tuesday began a three-day round of talks in New Delhi to finalise the details of the proposed interim trade agreement. The framework for the pact was finalised in February. The US team is led by its chief negotiator Brendan Lynch, while India’s chief negotiator is Darpan Jain, an additional secretary in the Department of Commerce.

“And so that is something that this relationship is valued, that the (US) trade team that is right now negotiating on that. Once that trade deal is finalised…the interim trade deal was there in place. It is that 1 per cent that we are trying to get across the finish line. So the leaders can have a signing and put that in stone and in law,” Gor said.