India, Feb. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Washington DC on Wednesday evening eastern time (early Thursday morning IST) for an official working visit to meet President Donald J Trump, even as Trump's decision to announce reciprocal tariffs on countries, which have higher tariffs on US imports threatened to cast a shadow on the visit.

Modi arrived in the US capital from France and headed straight to Blair House, the presidential guest house next to White House, where he will stay.

Soon after landing, the PM posted on X, "Landed in Washington DC a short while ago. Looking forward to meeting @POTUS Donald Trump and building upon the India-USA Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. Our nations will keep working closely fo...