India, US working on early visit of PM Modi to US: MEA

India on Friday said it is working with the US on an “early” visit to Washington by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to further deepen the comprehensive global strategic partnership between the two countries.

Following a phone conversation with Modi this week, US President Donald Trump said the Indian prime minister "is going to be coming to the White House, over next month, probably February".

It would be Modi's first bilateral visit to Washington after Trump became US president for a second term.

While confirming discussions between India and the US on the proposed visit, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal did not mention any possible time-line for the trip.

In their phone conversation on January 27, Modi and Trump vowed to work towards a "trusted" partnership with a focus on boosting India-US cooperation in areas of trade, energy and defence.

"PM Modi and President Trump had a telephone conversation recently. The two sides are working on an early visit of the PM to the US to further deepen India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership," Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing while replying to a question.

"Specific dates for the visit would be announced at the appropriate time," he said.

It is learnt that both sides were initially looking at the window between February 12-14 for Modi's visit but there has been no finality on it yet.