"I will not be able to tell you about any specific meeting," says Foreign Secretary Misri about possible Modi-Donald Trump meet

On PM Modi's upcoming visit to USA, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says "PM Modi be visiting the US from the 21st to the 23rd of September. There will be interaction with a variety of foreign partners. There will be interaction with the large Indian diaspora in the US and there will be engagement with a host of business and industry leaders amongst others". 

The Prime minister's first stop will be Wilmington in Delaware, which as you know, is the hometown of President Biden that is also the venue of this 6th Quad summit that will be held there. From Wilmington, the Prime Minister will travel to New York to attend the Summit of the Future at the United Nations... 

On the 22nd, the Prime Minister will have an interaction with the Indian diaspora...India will host the next Quad leaders summit in 2025."

When asked if PM Modi will meet former US President Donald Trump during his upcoming US visit, Foreign Secretary oVikram Misri said: 

"...There are many meetings with the Prime Minister right now which we are trying to fix. Right now, I will not be able to tell you about any specific meeting, whether the meeting has been fixed or not. 

"We are looking from all angles as to how much time we have and with whom we can hold meetings. We will keep updating you about the meetings."

"...This is also going to be kind of a farewell event in so far as the Quad is concerned for President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida of Japan and therefore, the Quad event provides the Prime Minister with an opportunity to thank both leaders for their leadership in giving momentum and salience to the Quad partnership," the Foreign Secretary said.

"There will be an opportunity to have a substantive engagement between Prime Minister and President Biden where they will have the opportunity to review the comprehensive global strategic partnership between India and the United States which today covers almost every aspect of human endeavour through the 50 plus engagements and bilateral dialogue mechanisms that we have between the two sides... 

We also expect to have bilateral meetings with the leaders of Japan and Australia."