It also emerged on Wednesday that the US had flown a Guatemalan man back to the US, after deporting him to Mexico.
The portrait was made when Gandhi went to London in 1931 for the second Round Table conference, held to discuss constitutional reforms for India and address its demands for self-governance.It will be auctioned in the second week of July at Bonhams.
"This is a painting of unique historic and cultural significance. It would be great if it could be seen and appreciated more widely, whether in India or elsewhere," Caspar Leighton, a great nephew of the artist, told the BBC.According to Bonhams, Clare Leighton "was one of the very few artists admitted to his office and was given the opportunity to sit with on multiple occasions to sketch and paint his likeness".The works remained in the artist's collection until her death in 1989 in the US, after which it was passed down through her family.
She was introduced to Gandhi through her partner and British political journalist, Henry Noel Brailsford, who was a strong supporter of India's independence movement.In November 1931, Leighton showcased her portraits of Gandhi at an exhibition at the Albany Galleries in London.
Though Gandhi did not attend the opening event, several representatives from the Indian delegation of the second Round Table were present.
Among them was Sarojini Naidu, also an eminent Indian independence leader, who was one of the key advisors to Gandhi at the meeting."That's money that's just sitting there," he said.
From the White House's point of view, the issue of Ukraine's defence is also inextricably linked to Trump's demands that NATO allies raise defence spending to 5% of their GDP.Germany's is 2% - well short of Trump's target, although German officials have signalled a willingness to move in that direction.
"I don't think they've done enough," Mr Logan added. "And I suspect they can't do enough. The White House has to know that 5% is not a goal that any of the major European countries are going to reach.""The question then becomes: What's next?"