Kite artist Jagmohan Kanojia poses with his kites bearing pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in Amritsar on November 6, 2024. Photo courtesy: ANI
Spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi America’s newly elected President Donald Trump on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) congratulated him on his “resounding” victory and said that Looking forward to working with him again To further strengthen India-US relations in technology, defence, energy, space and other sectors.
Official sources said Mr Modi also congratulated Mr Trump on his Republican Party’s performance in the US Congressional elections, as the two leaders affirmed they would work together for world peace.
He said the telephone conversation reflected the warm personal camaraderie between the two leaders, with Mr Trump saying “the whole world loves Modi” and calling India a wonderful country and the Prime Minister a wonderful person.
Mr Trump also said he considered Mr Modi and India a true friend, the sources said, noting that the Indian leader was one of the first world leaders he spoke to after his victory.
In a post on Twitter, Mr Modi said, “Had a very good conversation with my friend, President Donald Trump, congratulated him on his great victory. Look forward to working together once again to further strengthen India-US relations in technology, defence, energy, space and many other areas.” As Mr Trump cruised to victory, Mr Modi earlier in the day Congratulated him on his “historic” presidential election victory, and said he looked forward to renewing their cooperation to further strengthen the India-US comprehensive global and strategic partnership.
“Let us work together to promote the well-being of our people and global peace, stability and prosperity,” he said.
The Prime Minister also posted photos of his previous meetings with Mr Trump, who was the US President from 2016 to 2020.
In October, Mr Trump praised Mr Modi as “the nicest human being”, saying the Indian leader was “my friend”.
Mr Trump made the comments in response to a question during the Flagrant podcast.
“Modi, India. He is a friend of mine. He is great… Before him, he was replacing him every year. It is very unstable. He came up. He is a friend of mine. But from outside it seems as if he is your father. He’s the best, but he’s a complete killer,” he said.
Mr Trump had also recalled Mr Modi’s visit to Houston to attend the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in 2019 during his tenure, saying, “It was beautiful. It’s like 80,000 people going crazy. We were hanging out…” The Republican candidate had said he had a “very good relationship” with Mr Modi.
The ‘Howdy Modi’ event was followed by Mr Trump’s 2020 visit to India, where he was welcomed with a ‘Namaste Trump’ rally, organized by PM Modi in Ahmedabad, which saw around 1,00,000 people gather at a cricket stadium. Had participated in the programme.
Mr Modi and Mr Trump also met in Washington DC in 2017
published – November 07, 2024 12:07 am IST