PTI, WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump said today that she was looking forward to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in Hyderabad, asserting that the event was a testament to the “strong friendship” between India and the US. Ivanka, 36, will lead a high-powered American delegation of officials, women entrepreneurs and businessmen for the three-day summit starting on November 28. It will be attended by 1,500 entrepreneurs from 170 countries and would have around 350 participants from the US, a large number of whom are Indian-Americans.
Ivanka would deliver the keynote address at the summit, which would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Terming India as “a great friend and partner”, she said the goal of the collaboration was to grow the shared economic and security partnership. She said the summit was a testament to the “strong friendship” between India and the US. Ivanka, who is headed to India after Thanksgiving ritual, said she was “very much” looking forward to her visit and meeting “many of the entrepreneurs in India”. For the first time, in its eight editions, the summit has been themed ‘Women First and Prosperity for All’ which “demonstrates” the administration’s “commitment to the principle that when women are economically empowered, their communities and countries thrive,” Ivanka said.
