US President Donald Trump, who is visiting India next week along with First Lady Melania Trump, will also be accompanied by daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Ivanka and Jared are advisers to the US President.

They are scheduled to travel to Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi on February 24 and 25. Ivanka had visited Hyderabad in November 2017.

On Thursday, Donal Trump said the two countries could make a "tremendous" trade deal. "We're going to India, and we may make a tremendous deal there," he said in his commencement address at the Hope for Prisoners Graduation Ceremony in Las Vegas.

According to External Affairs Ministry, India and the US are eyeing to sign around five pacts providing for cooperation in areas of intellectual property rights, trade facilitation and homeland security during President Donald Trump's maiden visit to India.

(With inputs from agencies)

First Published:Feb 21, 2020 2:09 PM IST