PM Modi invited to US; Trump likely to visit India next year, says US envoy Sergio Gor
NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Monday (local time) said that Washington would ‘love to have’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the United States again. Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the IX USISPF Leadership Summit 2026, Gor also expressed confidence that the proposed interim India-US trade agreement would be finalised ‘sooner rather than later’. He said US President Donald Trump remained closely engaged with India-US relations and stressed the need to institutionalise regular Quad ministerial meetings.”Secretary Marco Rubio invited PM Modi while visiting him… We love to have him back here. And I know he’s coming in December for the G20,” Gor said.Referring to his recent interaction with President Trump, Gor said he had briefed him on his visit to India and the growing economic relationship between the two countries. “I have been with the President for 10 years, so a large part of the conversation was like two friends catching up… but I also told him about my visits to India… I also spoke to him about the growing trade relations. On both sides, we see businesses coming here and going there every week, and it is a win-win situation for both,” he said.On the ongoing negotiations for the interim India-US trade deal, Gor said the discussions were progressing well, although the agreement involved thousands of items and required extensive legal work. “Ambassador Greer has the President’s full confidence, and so we are getting close to finalising that. But these things are complex legal things, and this is not one page. We have thousands of items between our two nations that we are working on. And so the fact that we’ve gone so far, that is a great sign for the relationship, and I am hopeful that we will be able to wrap this up sooner rather than later,” he said.Asked about the possibility of President Trump’s visit to India, Gor indicated that such a visit was likely next year.”It’s not any time during the midterms. It has to be somewhere next year… We would love to make that happen sooner rather than later,” he said.Earlier, on May 23, Gor had announced that Rubio had extended an invitation on behalf of President Trump for Prime Minister Modi to visit the White House in the near future. The invitation was conveyed during Rubio’s visit to India from May 23 to 26.The 2026 G20 Summit is scheduled to be held in Miami, Florida, on December 14-15, marking the first time the United States has hosted the G20 Leaders’ Summit since 2009.
