PM Narendra Modi to Hold Bilateral Talks with President Trump on the Sidelines of the G7 Summit

[00:00:03]All right, Prime Minister Modi and the US President Donald Trump will meet in France. This is a confirmation that CNN News 18 has indeed received and can confirm through sources within the White House that there will be a Modi-Trump meet in France on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. Remember, the Ministry of External Affairs has been working round the clock. We could expect some announcements is what appears to be on the card. But Siddhant Mishra is currently in France and he's been tracking all the latest developments for us. He'll be tracking Prime Minister's movement very closely. Siddhant, what more can you tell us? Will this be a pull aside or a bilateral given that there are expectations attached to certain announcements?

[00:00:51]>> Well, that's right. So, White House confirms that there's going to be a meeting taking place between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump on June on June 17th. And in fact, you know, whether it's going to be a structured meeting between the two leaders or whether it's going to be a pull aside, perhaps we really don't know. But this is perhaps for the first time that White House officials are confirming that there is going to be a meeting taking place between President Trump and Prime Minister Modi on June 17th. This would be the first time both leaders are going to meet, Akanksha, since their last meeting in the Oval Office last year in February. And since then, there has been you know, relationship saw a rough patch. In fact, relationship nose dived.

[00:01:42]Of course, after Ambassador Sergio Gor coming to India, perhaps he gave efforts to revive it you know, to reset our ties. And with recent visit of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, perhaps you know, things are very much back on track. and now both leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of the G7 summit. Point number one. Point number two, that there is also one meeting which is expected to take place to discuss West Asia crisis, Hormuz crisis. And in fact, in that meeting also Prime Minister Modi will be participating with the President Trump along with the other leaders from the Gulf states.

[00:02:23]>> Right. At the same time, Siddharth, important to also highlight the challenges ahead for the US-India bilateral relationship at the time when the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement also is yet to be announced.

[00:02:35]What more can you tell us? In fact,