PM Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump satisfied with Ivanka's India visit

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka headed the US delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad.

IANS  | Edited by Ganesh Kumar Radha Udayakumar
Washington, December 2, 2017 | UPDATED 11:52 IST

Highlights

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    The US and India co-hosted the GES in Hyderabad late last month
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    The theme of the event was "Women, First Priority for All."
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    President Trump's daughter Ivanka headed the US delegation to the three-day summit

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone conversation, "expressed satisfaction" over the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) during a phone call, the White House said.

The US and India co-hosted the event in Hyderabad late last month. Its theme was "Women, First Priority for All."

Trump's daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, headed the US delegation to the three-day summit. Representatives from 38 states were in that delegation. Ivanka's participation in the summit was announced during Modi's visit to the White House in June.

Modi attended the inauguration of the summit with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on November 28.

About 1,500 delegates from 150 nations - including entrepreneurs, investors and eco-system supporters  - participated in the event. More than half of them were women. Miss World Manushi Chhillar was one of them.

On Thursday, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters the summit was "a tremendous success when we bring in 1500 entrepreneurs from around the world".

WATCH | GES 2017 represents the US' and India's shared commitment to encouraging entrepreneurship, says PM Narendra Modi (Video courtesy: @GES2017/Twitter)