Vance to Arrive Today, Trade Talks on Agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a dinner for US Vice President JD Vance and Indian-origin Second Lady Usha on Monday evening after holding talks with the American leader on a range of key issues, including trade, tariff, regional security and ways to expand the overall bilateral engagement.

- Press Trust of India

NEW DELHI:

The US Vice President, his wife Usha and their three children—Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel—are scheduled to land at the Palam airbase at 10 a.m. on Monday on a four-day India visit. Vance's first visit to India comes weeks after US President Donald Trump imposed and then paused a sweeping tariff regime against around 60 countries, including India.

New Delhi and Washington are now holding negotiations to seal a bilateral trade agreement that is expected to address a variety of issues, including tariff and market access.

Hours after arriving in Delhi, Vance and his family are scheduled to visit the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple and could visit a shopping complex selling traditional Indian handcrafted goods, people familiar with the matter told PTI.

The Vances will be welcomed on their arrival at the Palam airbase by a senior Union cabinet minister.

Besides Delhi, Vance and his family will travel to Jaipur and Agra.