In India, the Vice President will visit New Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra and hold meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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New Delhi, April 16: US Vice President JD Vance and the second family will travel to India and Italy from April 18 to April 24. The Vice President will discuss shared economic and geopolitical priorities with leaders in each country.
The US Vice President will travel to Italy this week and then to India, a spokesperson for Vance said. Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, will accompany her on the trip. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she is the first Indian-American to be the second lady.
This will be Vance’s first visit to India.
The Vances are expected to bring their three young children — Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel — to India.
In India, the Vice President will visit New Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra and hold meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Indian officials are also working on trade talks. A senior New Delhi official told Bloomberg News that India hopes to wrap up its tariffs talks with the US in six weeks.
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According to a MEA release, Vance will be meeting with PM Modi on April 21. The Vice President and his delegation will have other engagements in Delhi and are also scheduled to visit Jaipur and Agra before departing for Washington, DC on April 24.
The Vice President and the second family will also participate in engagements at cultural sites.
JD Vance to meet PM Meloni in Rome
In Rome, Vance is set to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before meeting with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to participate in ceremonies ahead of Easter Sunday.
Vance’s trip takes him to two key US trading partners as talks ramp up over President Donald Trump’s trade agenda.
Trump imposed high levies on most major US trading partners — sparking a severe market downturn — before scaling back those plans for 90 days to give nations a chance to negotiate deals. A lower 10% rate is in place for most countries during that negotiating period.
Meloni’s meeting with Vance will follow her own visit to Washington to meet Trump at the White House on Thursday, a trip aimed at securing tariff relief for the European Union.
