Washington/New York: Former president Donald Trump has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet him next week during his upcoming three-day visit to the US.
PM Modi will be visiting the US from September 21 to 23, beginning his trip with the Quad Leaders’ Summit being hosted by President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware.
The summit will be attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan.
The popular and polarizing Indian prime minister has advanced Hindu nationalism in his decade-long tenure.
The meeting between Modi with Trump had not been previously reported. The Republican presidential nominee referenced it for the first time while speaking at an unrelated event in Flint, Michigan. The Indian embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday night.
Earlier this year, Trump met with other foreign leaders, including Hungary’s nationalist prime minister Vikton Orban, whom he regularly mentions in speeches, and Polish President Andrzei Duda, who once proposed naming a military base in his country “Fort Trump.” Trump also met with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
Foreign leaders have argued that meetings with Trump are part of standard encounters they have with opposition figures.
