Narendra Modi to visit U.S. later this month: State Dept.

The U.S. is looking forward to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington later this month, the State Department has said.

“We look forward to having the (Indian) Prime Minister here in Washington— I believe it’s later this month,” State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday.

Mr. Modi is expected to travel to Washington at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump for a meeting at the White House later this month. Actual dates of the meeting has not been announced yet.

This would be Mr. Modi’s first trip to the U.S. under the Trump administration. The two leaders have spoken over phone for at least three times.