Washington DC: Ahead of his White House visit for his first meeting with the US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Modi met US secretary of state Rex Tillerson. He is also expected to meet US defense secretary Jim Mattis. PM Modi might possibly discuss the purchase of more military equipment during these meetings.

Modi and Trump are scheduled to have a one-on-one meeting at 1:20 am IST in the Oval Office at the White House for 20 minutes during which, “the President and the Prime Minister will discuss ongoing cooperation, including counter-terrorism, defence partnership in the Indo-Pacific region, global cooperation, burden-sharing, trade, law enforcement, and energy,” said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer two days ago.

This meeting will follow by an hour-long delegation-level talks – from 1:40 am to 2:40 am – between the two countries are scheduled to take place in the cabinet room of the White House.

After the delegation-level talks, Modi and Trump are expected to deliver joint statements to the media between 2.40 am and 3 am. It was communicated earlier that there will be no questions taken from journalists but latest reports suggest that the two leaders might take a pre-selected question each.

Following their media statements, both leaders and their respective delegations will take a break from strictly official confabulations and repair to a cocktail reception hosted by US vice president Mike Pence for a 30-minute from 3 am to 3:30 am at the ‘state floor’ of the White House.

A “working dinner” will take place at the same venue from 3:30 am to 5:30 am.

After this almost four-hour-long session of talks, the PM and his delegation will head back to their hotel as preparations begin for their onward journey to The Netherlands.