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The President of the United States of America, the Honorable Donald J. Trump, paid a State Visit to India on February 24-25, 2020, at the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.Comprehensive Global Strategic PartnershipAs the leaders of sovereign and vibrant democracies recognizing the importance of freedom, equal treatment of all citizens, human rights, and a commitment to the rule of law, President Trump and Prime Minister Modi vowed to strengthen a United States-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, anchored in mutual trust, shared interests, goodwill, and robust engagement of their citizens.President Trump and Prime Minister Modi pledged to deepen defense...

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in the west Indian city of Ahmedabad Monday, beginning his first official visit to India with the inauguration of the world’s largest cricket stadium. In his two-day visit, Trump is expected to raise several issues, including religious freedom, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Accompanied by First Lady Melania, daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, Trump addressed a gathering of about 100,000 people at the “Namaste Trump” event at the newly-built cricket stadium in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the home state of Modi, Monday afternoon. “All over the planet, people take great joy...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will make a state visit to the United Kingdom this summer, the White House and Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. The Trumps will visit June 3-5 at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. The couple had tea with the queen at Windsor Palace in July. The president will also participate in a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May and a attend a ceremony in Portsmouth to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Queen Elizabeth II has hosted two of Trump’s predecessors for state visits. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura...

Will the Baby Trump blimp once again fly in the sky over London? Buckingham Palace is expected to extend an invitation to President Trump for his first official state visit. The date for the visit is reported to be in early June. Prime Minister Theresa May promised an invitation for an official state visit after President Trump was elected in 2016 but as of yet a formal visit has not happened. In the case of Great Britain, the invitation comes from Queen Elizabeth. She will be the official host. State visits are not just ceremonial. They have political purposes...

On Tuesday night (April 23), President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will welcome Emmanuel Macron, president of France, and his wife, Brigitte, for the first state visit of the Trump administration. According to a press release from the first lady's office, every aspect of the visit was "all carefully selected by First Lady Melania Trump, to complement and pay homage to the long-standing friendship between the United States and France." Let's get to the most important matter: what are they eating? The main course, we're happy to report, will include jambalaya, "which will be cooked in a New...

Their relationship began with a show of machismo –- an extended, white-knuckle handshake on their first meeting last year in Belgium. Emmanuel Macron had reportedly studied Donald Trump’s style of domineering power-grabbing handshakes, apparently prepared to avoid being outdone by his counterpart. Instead, it was President Trump who at one point in the 5-second-long handshake attempted to withdraw his hand from Macron's firm grasp. The maneuver marked the start of what has become a close partnership between the two leaders, who recently joined forces along with the United Kingdom to strike Syria earlier this month. "It's no secret that President...

Donald Trump’s controversial state visit to Britain could move from London to the Midlands to allow the US President to address a mass rally and raise money for Armed Forces veterans. Ministers also say the trip could be delayed from June to July to coincide with Mr Trump’s visit to the G20 summit of developed nations in Hamburg. Trump advisers and senior Foreign Office figures have discussed how to save the controversial visit. One idea, which has been suggested to the White House, is for President Trump to address a rally in Birmingham where the audience would pay to enter,...

In the latest fallout from the Edward Snowden affair, the president of Brazil canceled a state visit to Washington out of anger that the National Security Agency had spied on her and other Brazilian officials, deepening a rift with the Obama administration. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday called off the high-profile visit that both governments had planned for Oct. 23. A White House spokesman sought to downplay the diplomatic snub by a key ally and trading partner, and described the decision to indefinitely postpone the visit as mutual. The White House said in a statement that Rousseff and President...

On the Trip to Germany "Truly a Great Feast of Faith" VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 28, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the Italian-language catechesis Benedict XVI gave today during the general audience held in St. Peter's Square. The Pope reflected on his recent apostolic journey to Germany. * * * Dear brothers and sisters! As you know, last Thursday through Sunday I made a pastoral visit to Germany; and so I am delighted, as is customary, to take the opportunity of today's audience to retrace together with you the intense and splendid days passed in my homeland. I travelled...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived for an official welcoming ceremony at Prince Edward Island today - the setting for the novel Anne of Green Gables. They arrived in a horse-drawn coach to the delight of thousands more fans who waited patiently for hours for a chance of a glance of the newly-weds. Kate was seen wearing a cream pencil dress by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen - who designed her wedding dress. She teamed the outfit with navy blue heels for a visit close to her heart - Anne of Green Gables is one of her favourite books....

(3rd LD) N. Korean leader's train leaves Changchun towards Shenyang: sources (ATTN: UPDATE with departure from Changchun in paras 1-3, 5-7; minor edits; TRIMS; CHANGES headline) CHANGCHUN, China, May 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il departed from Changchun, the second stop on his secretive trip to China, by train on Saturday after touring a car plant, sources said. Kim's special train left Changchun, an industrial city, at 2:20 p.m. and appeared to be heading for Shenyang, another industrial hub in northeastern China, said multiple sources who all spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Excerpt - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - President Nguyen Minh Triet will make a state visit to the United States on Monday, the first by a Vietnamese head of state since the end of the Vietnam War and a symbol of the increasingly close ties between the former foes. The trip comes as concerns about Vietnam's human rights record are growing in Washington, but Triet will try to shift attention from the Communist Party's tight political grip to Hanoi's growing embrace of market economics. Triet will arrive in New York on Monday, traveling with a delegation of over 100 Vietnamese businessmen....

This morning President and Mrs. Bush greeted Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his wife, Janette to the White House in an official South Lawn Arrival Ceremony as part of a state visit, followed by a meeting of the two leaders in the Oval Office, and a joint statement to the press in the East Room. There will be an official State Dinner at the White House this evening.This afternoon President Bush congratulated the WNBA 2005 National Champion, Sacramento Monarchs at a ceremony in the East Garden of the White House, where he accepted a shirt and championship ring.There has...

COPENHAGEN (AFP) -- Danish police are staging one of their biggest security operations ever for U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Copenhagen this week amid fears of angry protests over the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Some 50 activist organizations have announced large anti-Bush demonstrations in central areas of Copenhagen during the U.S. leader's two-day visit tomorrow and Wednesday, and police have vowed to adopt a hard line against unruly protestors. A "Stop Bush" demonstration is scheduled for Wednesday in the capital when 20,000 activists from leftist, trade union, youth and Muslim protest groups are to assemble in a main...

Friday April 8, 5:26 PM N. Korea, China remained apart over Hu's visit: sources (Kyodo) _ North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju and Chinese officials remained apart in their recent talks in Beijing over the question of when Chinese President Hu Jintao's first trip to the North should take place, diplomatic sources said Friday. While Kang asked Chinese officials that the visit be realized soon, they were reluctant to set a date, saying it is difficult to do so when no breakthrough has been reached on resuming the stalled six-way talks on the North's nuclear programs, according...

TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Niger's Foreign Minister Aichatou Mindaoudou conferred here Monday with President Mohammad Khatami and submitted to him a written message from his Niger's counterpart. At the meeting, President Khatami highlighted the principled policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran which underlines expansion of relations with world countries based on mutual respect and voiced Tehran's willingness to broaden ties with the African countries and the Islamic states in particular. Last century was a century of independence for African continent from claws of colonization, he said adding that Africa should keep up with ongoing developments and make good on its...

Today you arrive in my country for the first state visit by an American president for many decades, and I bid you welcome. You will find yourself assailed on every hand by some pretty pretentious characters collectively known as the British left. They traditionally believe they have a monopoly on morality and that your recent actions preclude you from the club. You opposed and destroyed the world's most blood-encrusted dictator. This is quite unforgivable. I beg you to take no notice. The British left intermittently erupts like a pustule upon the buttock of a rather good country. Seventy years ago...

It may be too early to know how George W Bush's state visit to London, the first ever by a US President, will playback in Peoria. But it seems that part of the America media, focusing on sporadic anti-American demonstrations in London, has decided to present it as a symbol of "global anger against the United States." What has happened in London in the past few days, however, is more complex. To be sure, London has witnessed a series of demonstrations in the past week or so. None, however, attracted more than a few hundred people, although the "final bouquet",...

Dec. 1 issue — The timing was, at the very least, interesting. At Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night, the president of the United States and the Queen of England traded toasts to their common birthright. George W. Bush did his aw-shucks bit about the pomp and pageantry, telling reporters that he had to rent his white tie and tails (the queen sipped Puligny-Montrachet ’96; the teetotaling president drank Coke). But there was no mistaking their common purpose, to stand fast in the defense of liberty against the tyranny of Islamic fanaticism. The next morning, the fanatics apparently sent back a...

Some of President Bush's most strident critics acknowledge that his trip last week to Britain was not the failure they expected, while his allies see it as a historic moment in international diplomacy.     The keystone was Mr. Bush's speech Wednesday, peppered with self-deprecating humor and reaffirming the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain.     "The British people are the sort of partners you want when serious work needs doing," Mr. Bush said, thanking Prime Minister Tony Blair for being his staunch ally in "a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East."     Mr. Bush also vowed that the...