It is likely that the visit of the United States Vice President Vance to India is more a private trip. File | Photo credit: Reuters
The US Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz are in New Delhi on April 21, which reflects the Washington approach in their relationship with India amid the concerns worldwide about the policy of President Donald Trump about tariffs on the tariffs, is expected.
It is likely that both the United States vice president and the National Security Advisor embark on separate visits to India from April 21, the main sources told PTI on Friday night.
It is likely that Mr. Vance’s visit is more a private trip, I just thought it will have official components. The visit of Mr. Waltz will be a purely business trip, since he will hold broad conversations with his Indian interlocutors in a variety of key issues, including the security situation in the Indo-Pacific, the sources said.
Mr. Vance and Mr. Waltz are expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi before traveling to Saudi Arabia for a two -day visit from April 22.
The visits of Mr. Vance and Mr. Waltz are carried out in the context of Trump’s policy about tariffs that triggered massive commercial interruptions and fears of a global economic recession.
On Wednesday, Trump announced a 90 -day break about his sweeping tariffs on all countries expect China, since nations around the world wilt under the impact of seismic action.
The United States is visiting India to present cooperation initiatives in high -tech areas, critical minerals and export controls, the sources said.
Mr. Waltz, known for being a voter or the strong ties of India-Ee. UU., Will visit India from April 21 to 23, they said.
He thought that Mr. Vance is also likely to visit India together with the second India-American Lady Usha Vance and his children from April 21, the duration of his trip will be longer than that of Mr. Waltz.
It is known that Mr. Vance and his family planned to travel to Shimla, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Delhi.
The visits of the American vice president Vance and the NSA Waltz are held a week after the United States National Intelligence Director (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard visited India.
The DNI held separate meetings with Prime Minister Modi, Defense Minister, Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval.
Duration during his visit, Mr. Waltz will present cooperation under the India-Use Trust initiative (transforming the relationship using strategic technology) that was announced last month after the conversations between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump.
The trusted initiative mainly replaced the initiative between the United States and India on critical and emerging technology, or ICET that was launched by giving the Joe Biden administration.
The ICET was launched by Prime Minister Modi and then the president of the United States, Joe Biden, in May 2022, with the aim of forging a greater collaboration between India and the United States in areas of critical technologies.
Last year, the two parties presented a series of transformative initiatives to deepen the cooperation of India-United States in areas of semiconductors, critical minerals, advanced telecommunications and defense space.
Mr. Waltz is expected to have broad conversations with the NSA Ajit Doval and it is likely to meet Prime Minister Modi and Jaishankar, the sources mentioned above said.
The tariff fight of the president of the United States has fueled the fears of a world trade war.
After the conversations between Mr. Modi and Mr. Trump in Washington DC in February, the two parties announced plans to negotiate the first section of the BTA for the autumn of 2025.
Published – April 12, 2025 12:40 am isth
