{"id":287873,"date":"2017-01-25T07:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=287873"},"modified":"2017-01-25T07:07:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:07:42","slug":"us-president-donald-trump-invites-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/us-president-donald-trump-invites-narendra-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump invites Narendra Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President Donald Trump has invited India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States after a phone call between the two leaders.<\/p>\n
Washington said Mr Trump saw India as a “true friend and partner in addressing challenges around the world”.<\/p>\n
“The two discussed opportunities to strengthen the partnership between the US and India in broad areas such as the economy and defence,” it said.<\/p>\n
Mr Modi said he had “also invited President Trump to visit India”.<\/p>\n
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The White House said it looked forward to welcoming Mr Modi later this year.<\/p>\n
The US statement added that Mr Trump and Mr Modi resolved to “stand shoulder to shoulder in the global fight against terrorism”.<\/p>\n
Mr Modi had congratulated Trump after his election win in November, saying he appreciated his “friendship” with India.<\/p>\n
During the US election campaign, Mr Trump wooed Indian-American voters and was largely positive about India.<\/p>\n
He praised Mr Modi for championing bureaucratic reform and economic growth.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US President Donald Trump has invited India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States after a phone call between the two leaders. Washington said Mr Trump saw India as a “true friend and partner in addressing challenges around the world”. “The two discussed opportunities to strengthen the partnership between the US and India […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[3399,3400,3401],"yoast_head":"\n