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Trump greets Modi warmly, says India-US relations never been stronger
27 Jun 2017
Indian PM Narendra Modi was greeted with a firm handshake and a broad smile by US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC.
Following his first meeting with Modi since becoming president, Trump said US-India ties have "never been stronger."
Modi said America was India's "primary partner" in its socio-economic transformation.
Both leader hugged each other after a joint press conference.
Trump praises Modi for doing a "great job" as PM
Praise
As both leaders met at the Oval Office, Trump praised Modi saying he is a great prime minister.
"Economically, India is doing very well," Trump said, congratulating Modi for doing a "great job."
Modi thanked Trump and the First lady for their warm welcome.
After the Oval office meeting, the two leaders held delegation level talks and later issued a joint press statement.
Trump and Modi vow joint Indo-US cooperation against terrorism
On terrorism
Modi said he and Trump "talked about terrorism, extremism and radicalization and agreed to cooperate on this."
Trump said, "Both our nations have been struck by the evils of terrorism and we are both determined to destroy terrorist organizations."
Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said both leaders called on Pakistan to not let its territory be used for terrorist activities.
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