A press statement from the White House shows the new US President is slated to speak with PM Modi at 1.00 PM (local time) or 11.30 PM IST.
The two leaders have spoken before, when PM Modi called the New York billionaire to congratulate him on his victory in the November 8 US Presidential elections.
After Modi and Trump speak, India's PM will be the fifth foreign leader that Trump would have spoken with over the phone after being sworn-in as the US President on January 20.
Public schedule for President Trump tomorrow. // Spicer briefing set for 1:30 pic.twitter.com/16vlUQYEdr
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 24, 2017
On January 21, Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican Premier Pena Nieto.
On Sunday, Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and yesterday he had a telephonic conversation with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
After Trump surprised the world with his historic victory in the November 8 general elections, PM Modi was among the first five world leaders to have congratulated Trump.
During his gruelling election campaign, India is among the few countries with whom Trump spoke of strengthening ties if elected to power.
"Under a Trump Administration, we are going to become even better friends, in fact I would take the term better out and we would be best friends," Trump had told a cheering crowd of Indian-Americans in Edison, New Jersey.
Trump went on to add that he looks forward to working with Modi and praised the Prime Minister for introducing economic and bureaucratic reforms in India, which he said is required in the US too.
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