Modi and Trump likely to hold talks today at ASEAN Summit
Manila: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump are likely to have a bilateral meeting today on the side-lines of the ASEAN summit here.
PM Modi will arrive in Manila, Philippines, today to attend the 15th ASEAN- India summit and 12th East Asia summit on November 14. President Trump is also scheduled to arrive here today as part of his five-nation Asia tour of Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Official sources said the meeting between PM Modi and President Trump is likely to take place today.
It will be the first meeting between the two leaders following a proposal to have a quadrilateral alliance among India, the US, Japan, and Australia. Japan last month had indicated that it would propose a toplevel dialogue with the US, India and Australia. Sources said officials of the four countries may meet on the side-lines of the ASEAN summit here. Reacting to the Japanese move, India had said that it was open to working with likeminded countries on issues that advance its interests. The US had said it was looking at a “working-level” quadrilateral meeting in the near term with India, Japan and Australia. Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono last month had said that Tokyo favours a dialogue between Japan, the US, India and Australia to further boost strategic partnership among the four countries.