Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several attendees told Reuters.

White House officials have met a group of Sikh activists to assure them that the US government is committed to protecting Americans from any acts of transnational aggression on its soil, a community leader has said.

Donald Trump said at a campaign rally on Tuesday he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week.

Prime Minister Modi's 'Modi&US' event in New York will bring together over 25,000 attendees, featuring 400 artists in a grand celebration of Indian culture.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well-known and praised for building relations with other country leaders, where he often shares his own experiences and stories. Officials accompanying him on his foreign visits have revealed that PM Modi connects with global leaders on a global level to bridge cultural and geopolitical differences.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Barack Obama in 2014 that the size of the then US president's car was almost as big as the house his mother lived in, helping the two leaders with humble origins make a deeper connection,