US Vice President JD Vance may visit India at late March. JD Vance will also be accompanied by his wife Usha Vance during this visit. This information has been given by the news agency on Wednesday. This is going to be the second international visit of JD Vance after becoming Vice President before visiting India. Earlier, he recently visited France and Germany.
During his first foreign trip, Vice President J.D. Vance created reactions at the Munich Security Conference by sharply criticizing the European governments on illegal migration, religious freedom and electoral honesty. His speech surprised colleagues expected to negotiate a potential Russia-Ukraine peace agreement. Usha Vance, whose parents settled from India to the United States, will travel to their ancestral country for the first time as a second woman.
On 21 January 2025, Usha Vance became the first Indian-American Hindu second woman after her husband JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th Vice President of the United States. Earlier, during a meeting in Paris in February, JD Vance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed mutual interests, including clean and “reliable” nuclear technology with American support for India’s energy diversification.
After the meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US Vice President JD Vance and another woman Usha Vance drank coffee. The White House said in a statement that Modi also gave gifts to the children of Vance and wished his son Vivek a birthday. There was a bilateral meeting during the AI Action Summit before Modi left for America to meet President Trump. Soon after, he returned to the Oval Office.
Diplomatic and personal importance of Vance’s visit to India
The US-India partnership has strengthened in recent years, especially in the field of trade and defense. As global challenges are coming out, the two countries are meeting with each other on important issues ranging from security to technology. Given Usha Vance’s Indian heritage, Vance’s visit has both diplomatic importance and personal importance. During Trump’s first term, he and Modi maintained strong relations, but Tension arose during Trump’s re -election campaign when he criticized India’s trade policies.
