JOIN USThe much-awaited visitor Ivanka Trump has arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here during the wee hours of Tuesday. The flight of the advisor to the US President has landed at the airport at 3 am and she immediately left for Hotel Trident near HICC the venue for the eighth edition of Global Entrepreneurship Summit-2017.
At the Airport she was given a warm and simple reception by the hotel staff, Telangana government and the US Embassy. Ambassador Kenneth I.Juster and his wife, Telangana IT Principal secretary Jayesh Ranjan were there to receive her. Ivanka shook hands and spoke with almost everyone who was present there to receive her.
Ivanka will be staying put at the Trident hotel which is out of bounds to anyone, until 3 pm. From the hotel, she will be going to HICC by the road where she will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and participate in the inaugural of the three-day summit. After briefly refreshing at the Trident she will also have dinner hosted by Government of India at the Falaknuma Palace.
Around 10 pm she will be back at the hotel. Sources say that Ivanka will be meeting selected few including people’s representatives while she is in the Trident. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be meeting Ivanka at Trident on Tuesday. Owing to security reasons, details of Ivanka’s minute to minute programme have been kept as a secret. Ivanka will leave for Dubai from Hyderabad on Wednesday night after participating in a Panel discussion at 9 am on Wednesday.
While many private schools have announced holiday due to traffic diversions in the IT and Financial district, police allowed shops and establishments to run normally. Many IT companies have allowed their staff to work from home on Tuesday. The Hotel Trident and surroundings are under heavy security and are out of bounds.