New delhi sources stated that US President donald trump and prime minister narendra modi conducted bilateral talks at the hyderabad house in New delhi on day two of his visit to the country. Both the leaders made initial statements in briefly held press conference after the meeting. The signing of defence deals and at least five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on issues ranging from civil nuclear cooperation to natural gas and trade facilitation. One of the defence deals is the sale of military helicopters worth more than $3 billion to india is said to be in the offing.
The President reached the hyderabad house after paying a visit at the raj Ghat along with his wife Melania Trump. US First Lady Melania trump meanwhile attended a ‘happiness curriculum’ session at a delhi government school and interacted with the students and teachers there.The deals mentioned by trump will include procurement of 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters by india from the US at a cost of USD 2.6 billion. Another contract to acquire six AH-64E Apache helicopters for USD 800 million from the US is also on the table.
When talking about defence and strategic ties between the two countries, trump earlier said the US is looking forward to providing india with some of the best and most feared military equipment on the planet. "We make the greatest weapons ever made: airplanes, missiles, rockets, ships. We make the best. And we're dealing now with India. But this includes advanced air defence systems and armed and unarmed aerial vehicles," trump said in his speech at ahmedabad yesterday.
