Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence, said on Monday that she will visit India as part of a “multi-nation” trip to the Indo-Pacific. The aim of her visit is to build strong relationships and open lines of communication to achieve President Donald Trump’s objectives of peace and freedom.
“I am #WheelsUp on a multi-nation trip to the Indo-Pacific, a region I know very well having grown up as a child of the Pacific. I’ll be going to Japan, Thailand, and India, with a brief stop in France enroute back to DC,” Gabbard said in a post on X, with a photograph of her boarding an airplane.
“Building strong relationships, understanding, and open lines of communication are vital to achieving President Trump’s objectives of peace, freedom and prosperity,” she said.
According to news agency PTI, her first stop will be Honolulu, where she will visit “IC partners and INDOPACOM” (US Indo-Pacific Command) leaders and “our troops engaging in training.”
This will be the first visit of Gaabard to India after taking over as the eighth Senate-confirmed and first female combat veteran Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the second Trump administration.
In February, Gabbard met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington DC for the bilateral meeting with Trump in the White House. She was the first US official to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Blair House on February 12, shortly after the Indian leader arrived in the US capital.
“Met USA’s Director of National Intelligence, @TulsiGabbard in Washington DC. Congratulated her on her confirmation. Discussed various aspects of the India-USA friendship, of which she’s always been a strong votary,” Modi had said in a post on X.
