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Trade, investment and security cooperation are likely to top the agenda for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with US President Donald Trump next week, which comes against the backdrop of the American leader's call for India to buy more US-made military hardware and move towards a fair trading relationship, and at a time when the US deportation of 104 illegal immigrants has become a key talking point in India.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI:

Modi will travel to the US for his first meeting with Trump in his second presidential term during February 12-13. He will go to Washington after visiting France during February 10-12 to co-chair the AI Action Summit with President Emmanuel Macron.

People familiar with planning for the trip said Modi is expected to stay at Blair House, the US President's guest house in Washington. They said meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz have been firmed up, while work was still underway for a meeting with Elon Musk.

Modi will be among the first few world leaders to visit the US after Trump's inauguration on January 20, and foreign secretary Vikram Misri told a media briefing on Friday that the invitation for the PM to visit Washington within three weeks of the new administration taking office "shows the importance of the India-US partnership and is reflective of the bipartisan support that this partnership enjoys in the US".