Less than a week before the first dawn of 2025, India has started work on shaping its foreign policy in the new year. To push India’s agenda, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is visiting the United States this week, where he is meeting officials from both the outgoing Biden administration as well as the incoming Trump team ahead of the change of power in the US. Are.
According to a report in The Hindu, during his visit, Mr Jaishankar is likely to meet members of the Trump transition team and some of the top nominees for the State and Defense departments, soon after the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20. Will hold level meetings. ,
He is also likely to seek an early date for Mr Trump’s visit to India for the Quad summit to be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next year.
The Quad is a grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States that is formed through negotiations among the member countries. State leaders from all four countries are expected to meet during the summit. The focus of this year’s meeting will be interesting as Mr Trump has promised to make radical changes to his predecessor’s policies, particularly on health and climate change.
According to a report in The Economic Times, Prime Minister Modi may also visit America to meet the incoming US President.
India is also set to host an annual summit with Russia for which President Vladimir Putin may visit New Delhi. If this happens, it will be Mr Putin’s first visit to India since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Several high-profile meetings are also expected to take place during the BRICS summit in Brazil in July and the SCO summit in China in August-September. All eyes will be on possible talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Russian and Chinese counterparts during both the summits. PM Modi can go to China for SEO summit.
A possible meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping is especially expected during the summit, as the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh looks to be normalising.
The next edition of India’s summit with the EU is also scheduled to be held in New Delhi, for which several European leaders are expected to visit India.
India’s diplomatic calendar for 2025 is likely to begin with the visit of Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to Singapore in mid-January, the ET report said.
This will be followed by the visit of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto Jojohadikusumo, who is the chief guest of the 2025 Republic Day celebrations. Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font may also visit India in March or April, the ET report said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also reportedly planning to visit France at the end of February. He may also reportedly travel to Japan for the annual summit.
In late 2025, the G20 summit is scheduled to be held in South Africa and the ASEAN summit in Malaysia. Prime Minister Modi may visit the respective countries to attend block meetings.
