Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to visit Washington, DC from May 27 to 29

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Washington, DC from May 27 to 29, to hold talks with senior officials of the US administration.

The visit aims to build on the momentum from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s February 2025 visit to the United States, which saw the launch of a wide-ranging strategic initiative, the India-US COMPACT (Catalysing Opportunities for Military Partnership, Accelerated Commerce & Technology) for the 21st Century.

As part of this broader strategic push, both sides have pledged to double bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030. Speaking at a press conference earlier this year with US President Donald Trump, the prime minister had noted the shared ambition to strengthen trade and economic cooperation, noting that “our teams will work on concluding very soon, a mutually beneficial trade agreement.”


A US official had earlier indicated optimism that a trade deal could be reached this year, according to a Reuters report. Pesident Trump, during his remarks in February, had also said that the two countries are close to a trade pact in the aftermath of Trump's reciprocal tariffs.