US President Donald Trump will meet Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan on Monday, India’s PM
Narendra Modi on Tuesday in New York.
US
President Donald Trump will meet Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday, a day after
he joins Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the mega "Howdy Modi" event
in Houston and will again hold a meeting with the Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in New York on Tuesday, a senior official has said.
Both the meetings with the India and
Pakistan’s leaders would be held in New York on the sidelines of the 74th
session of the UN General Assembly, a senior administration official told
reporters on Friday in a preview of Donald Trump's engagements in the Big Apple
next week.
Donald Trump is expected to arrive in
New York on Sunday night after sharing stage with Modi at the "Howdy Modi"
event in Houston where both the leaders will address over 50,000
Indian-Americans.
The US president will then travel to
Ohio where he will be joined by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"President Donald J Trump will be
travelling to Houston for 'Howdy Modi: Shared Dreams Bright Futures' event.
That will be the day wherein he will travel on to Ohio where he will be joined
by Prime Minister Morrison of Australia where they will visit Pratt industry
and celebrate US economic relationship with Australia," the official said.
On Monday (September 23), the first day
of his stay in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session,
Donald Trump's first event will be the global call to protect religious
freedom, the official said, describing it as a key event.
"After that the President is
scheduled to meet with the following leaders. Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan,
President (Andrzej Sebastian) Duda of Poland, Prime Minister (Jacinda) Arden of
New Zealand, Prime Minister Lee (Hsien Loong) from Singapore, President al Sisi
of Egypt and President Moon of S Korea," said the official who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
On Tuesday (September 24), Donald Trump
will deliver his address to the UN General Assembly. After that, he will hold a
number of bilateral meetings.
"Prime Minister (Boris) Johnson of
United Kingdom, Prime Minister Modi of India, the UN Secretary General,"
the official said, adding that the president will also meet his Iraqi counterpart
and end the day with a diplomatic reception.
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