Shashi Tharoor says Trump’s invitation to PM Modi ‘significant’ Development

Shashi Tharoor says Trump’s invitation to PM Modi ‘significant’
Development

While articulating that Donald Trump’s invitation to PM Modi was significant, Shashi Tharoor says Trade
tariffs proposed by the U.S. administration rules around H1B visas and treatment of undocumented Indians are likely to feature in the talks amid the two leaders.

MP Shashi Tharoor,
Congress leader and Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram ⁹on Thursday, February 13, 2025, said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a
a fairly significant matter that our Prime Minister is among the first world leaders to receive an appointment from President Trump. That’s a good sign. Speaking to reporters in the Parliament complex, he said, if not mistaken, he is the fourth head of government to arrive in Washington and the Trump administration is not even one month old.

The MP from Thiruvananthapuram
said that one would have to wait for the official communication on the issues that the two leaders discussed but pointed out that trade tariffs proposed by the U.S. administration, rules regarding H1B visas and the “inhumane” treatment meted out to the illegal Indian were occupied centre stage.
He added that global issues like ending the Russia-Ukraine war and India hosting a summit for Quad countries, a grouping of Australia, India, Japan, and the US could also be on the table.
We need to await the read-out but should take some significance out of the fact that this is happening so early in the Trump administration. As far as India is concerned, our concerns, our issues should therefore be front and centre in President Trump’s awareness.

News Edit KV Raman