PM-Trump Meet Likely In Malaysia, Trump – Anwar Expected To Witness Signing Of Malaysia–US Trade Pact In October

1st October 2025 at 5:11 PM

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New Delhi : PM Modi and US President Donald Trump may hold a meeting on the sidelines of the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month. PM Modi is scheduled to travel to Malaysia for the 47th ASEAN Summit on October 26–27. Malaysia has also extended an invitation to President Trump to attend the summit.

Relations between India and the United States have come under strain after Trump imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods while at the same time drawing closer to Pakistan. The rift has widened further with Trump targeting New Delhi over its energy ties with Moscow, particularly its imports of Russian crude.

Officials of India and US have met in New York, where External Affairs Minister Jaishankar called on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Word filtering out of Washington is that officials were exploring the possibility of a Trump-Modi meet, if possible, a bilateral one, or a meet on the sidelines of ASEAN meet in Malaysia in October end. Since Prime Minister Modi is expected to attend the ASEAN meet in Malaysia, and so also President Trump could, there are speculations if all was well by that time, the event may also see a Modi-Trump meet.

It may be recalled that after Trump imposed penal tariffs on Indian exports to “punish” for purchasing Russian Oil, and now the most recent Visa fee hike, Prime Minister Modi skipped the UNGA meet and deputed external affairs minister S Jaishankar instead. This was being widely seen by political analysts as Modi’s way of avoiding meeting Trump, amid heightened stress on account of tariffs and most recent issue of US Visa Fee hike, a move that affects people of Indian origin and also impacts India’s IT sector.