Published: 01:04 AM, 19 June 2026
Modi discusses trade, sailors' safety with Trump
Indian Premier Narendra Modi had a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Evian, France on Wednesday during the G-7 summit. -Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had held a "very good" conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G7 summit in France and that their two countries were working on trade deals, reports Reuters.
Trump called Modi a "tough negotiator," and told reporters that he would be going to India "sometime in future". India has been pressing the United States for months for a Trump trip, potentially as part of a meeting that includes Japan and Australia. The meeting between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi is their first since February 2025, when Modi visited Washington DC within weeks of Donald Trump returning to the White House, and the two sides agreed to resolve their differences over trade and tariffs.
Ties, however, have since undergone constraints, with Washington imposing high tariffs on Indian goods, punishing New Delhi for purchasing Russian oil. The United States also engaged closely with India's arch rival Pakistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India last month in a bid to repair ties, but the killing of three Indian sailors in attacks on commercial ships by the U.S. Navy in the Gulf has put the two countries' relations in turmoil once again.
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