Trump may visit India for Quad summit, hints envoy nominee Sergio Gor: 'Fully committed to strengthening ties'

Trump may visit India for Quad Summit

US President Donald Trump may visit India later this year for the Quad Leaders Summit, his nominee for ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, hinted during his Senate confirmation hearing.

Gor, a close aide of the president, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Trump is “fully committed” to meeting Quad leaders and that discussions about his trip are already underway.

While addressing the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, Trump’s close aide said that “the President is fully committed to meeting leaders of Quad…there have already been talks on a trip for the next Quad meeting".

#WATCH | Sergio Gor, nominee as the next US Ambassador to India, says, "... The Quad is vitally important... The President is committed to continual engagement with the Quad. There have already been talks about a trip for the next Quad meeting..."

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“The QUAD is vitally important," Gor said at his confirmation hearing on Thursday.

The proclamation from Gor came just weeks after The New York Times reported that Trump had dropped plans to visit India for the QUAD Leaders Summit, which is scheduled to take place in November this year.

In their June 17 phone call, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited US President Donald Trump to visit India for the Quad Leaders Summit. According to the Indian government’s readout of the conversation, Trump had accepted the invitation.

Gor’s recent remarks indicate that plans for the visit are still underway.

Apart from this, it is also expected that both PM Modi and Trump will soon have a phone conversation about the scheduling of the QUAD Summit.

During the Thursday hearing, Gor maintained that Trump and PM Modi continue to have a "deep friendship" despite tensions. “Our president (Trump) has a deep friendship with Modi. That is something that is unique," he told the Senate committee.

“The President has been critical of India, but he has gone out of his way to compliment Modi. They have an incredible relationship…I have been with them in the same room. We’re not that far apart on a deal already on these tariffs,” he furthered.