Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump may meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit to be held in Kuala Lumpur later this month. Prime Minister Modi is going to visit Malaysia for the 47th ASEAN Summit on 26-27 October. Malaysia has also invited President Trump to attend the summit. If Trump confirms his participation, this will be the first multilateral platform where the two leaders will face face-to-face after the implementation of 50 percent tariff imposed by Washington on India.
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The relations between India and the United States have become tense after Trump has imposed 50 percent tariff on Indian goods as well as raising closeness with Pakistan. This rift increased when Trump targeted India’s energy relations with Moscow, especially Russian crude oil imports. Trump has repeatedly criticized India to continue buying oil from Russia, and warned that such purchases would weaken international efforts to pressurize Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.