- India, in the United States, shares a full partnership, explains Modi.
- Trump minimizes his previous remarks on “Losing India”.
- The American president says he will always be friends with Modi.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Delhi and Washington still shared “very positive” ties after US President Donald Trump reaffirmed their personal friendship and minimized his previous remarks on “the loss of India” against China.
The exchange comes in the middle of the strains after Washington has imposed prices of up to 50% on Indian imports, accusing New Delhi of having fueled Moscow’s fatal attacks against Ukraine by buying Russian oil.
But Trump and Modi, both populists on the right, have shared a strong link since the US president’s first term.
“Appreciate and deeply overturns the feelings of President Trump and the positive assessment of our links,” wrote Modi on X, adding that India and the United States shared “a very positive and global and future global strategic partnership”.
Earlier, Trump told journalists that he “will always be friends with Modi”.
“India and the United States have a special relationship. There is nothing to fear,” said Trump, minimizing his previous remarks on “the loss of India” to China.
Last week, Modi went to China to attend a rally of the Shanghai cooperation organization, his first visit to the country in seven years, reporting a thaw between the two Asian powers.
Trump seemed irritated in New Delhi as he seeks the merit of what he said is diplomacy worthy of the Nobel Prize for negotiating peace between Pakistan and India after the worst conflict for decades between nuclear arms in May.
