India, Sept. 5 -- US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday claimed India will engage in negotiations with President Donald Trump within the next couple of months, describing New Delhi as the "vowel" between Russia and China in the BRICS grouping.

"So, I think yes, in a month or two months, I think India is going to be at the table, and they're going to say they're sorry, and they're going to try to make a deal with Donald Trump," Lutnick told Bloomberg in an interview.

"And it will be on Donald Trump's desk how he wants to deal with (Narendra) Modi, and we leave that to him. That's why he's the President," he added.

Lutnick's comments came hours after the Republican President wrote on Truth Social, "Looks like we've lost India an...