NEW DELHI: United States Vice President JD Vance started a four-day go to to India on Monday (Apr 21) as New Delhi appears to be like to seal an early commerce deal and stave off punishing US tariffs.
Vance’s go to comes two months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with US President Donald Trump on the White Home.
A purple carpet welcome with an honour guard and troupes of people dancers greeted Vance after he stepped out into the sweltering sunshine of New Delhi, the place he’s set to satisfy with Modi.
Vance’s tour additionally features a journey to Agra, house to the Taj Mahal, the white marble mausoleum commissioned by a Mughal emperor.
The US vice chairman is accompanied by his household, together with his spouse Usha, who’s the daughter of Indian immigrants, with New Delhi’s broadcasters dubbing the go to “semi-private”.
Modi, 74, and Vance, 40, are anticipated to “assessment the progress in bilateral relations” and likewise “alternate views on regional and world developments of mutual curiosity”, India’s international ministry stated final week.
India and the US are negotiating the primary tranche of a commerce deal, which New Delhi hopes to safe inside the 90-day pause on tariffs introduced by Trump earlier this month.
“We’re very optimistic that the go to will give an additional enhance to our bilateral ties,” India’s international ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal informed reporters final week.
Vance was welcomed on the airport by Ashwini Vaishnaw, a senior member of Modi’s authorities.
