Washington, Feb. 15 -- US President Donald Trump will attend the Quad Summit in India later this year -- likely his first visit to the country in his second term -- as the two sides continue to collaborate on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), set up an Indian Ocean Strategic Venture, create new plurilateral arrangements in Western Indian Ocean, West Asia and Indo-Pacific, and deepen military cooperation in multinational settings.

Laying out an expansive vision of multilateral cooperation across both to the region west and east of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump affirmed that a "close partnership" between the US and India was "central to a free, open, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region...