Reliance Industries Chairman & MD Mukesh Ambani met the US President Donald Trump in Doha, Qatar, on May 14. #WATCH pic.twitter.com/ioWkD10NyO
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This is the second such meeting ever since Trump returned to presidency in January 2025.
Ambani and his wife, Nita Ambani, who is also the chairperson of Reliance Foundation, had attended Trump’s second inauguration ceremony in January this year. They were part of the 100 selected people who attended an intimate candlelit dinner with the US President a day prior to his inauguration.
On Wednesday, May 14, viral videos showed Ambani greeting Trump and having a quick chat before moving inside Lusail Palace for the state dinner.The Ambanis share close ties with the Trump family.
Ambani was present when Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump visited Hyderabad in 2017 for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. She was an advisor to then President Trump. He was also present when Trump had visited India during his first presidency in February 2020.
Ivanka, her husband and their eldest daughter had also attended the three-day pre-wedding celebrations of Ambani’s youngest son Anant in Jamnagar, Gujarat in March 2024.
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First Published: May 15, 2025 11:33 AM IS
