Expect PM Modi-Trump tête-à-tête, this Monday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump will be face to face on the sidelines of the 45th G7 summit in Biarritz, France on August 26.

This is the first time both leaders will be together at a forum after the much talked about bilateral on the sidelines of G20 summit at the end of June in Osaka Japan.

"I am gonna with PM Modi...I will be with him over a weekend in France", US President Donald Trump had said earlier this week.

The meet comes in the backdrop of India-Pakistan tensions over New Delhi's internal decision to remove the special status for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Since then, Pakistani Prime Minister and Donald Trump have spoken twice and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the US President have spoken once and discussed the ongoing situation in the Indian subcontinent.

The US, while asking both sides to show restraint, has asked Pakistan to tone down anti-India rhetoric.

Afghanistan is expected to be discussed even as Afghan Peace Process reaches a crucial stage. On Thursday, US President asked both India and Pakistan to fight the Islamic State in Afghanistan.

US President Donald Trump said, "countries are going to have to fight them....countries and that includes Russia and it includes Iran and Turkey and Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan and India. Look India is right there. They're not fighting it. We're fighting it. Pakistan is right next door. They're fighting it very little. Very very little. It's not fair."

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