‘Festival of lights’: PM Modi thanks Trump for Diwali greetings

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected aboriginal Wednesday thanked US President Donald Trump for his telephone telephone and lukewarm Diwali greetings. PM Modi besides described India and the United States arsenic “great democracies” and emphasised the request to stay agreed successful the combat against terrorism.PM Modi confirmed their speech connected X, writing, “Thank you, President Trump, for your telephone telephone and lukewarm Diwali greetings. On this festival of lights, whitethorn our 2 large democracies proceed to illuminate the satellite with anticipation and basal agreed against coercion successful each its forms.”Earlier, President Trump marked Diwali celebrations astatine the White House, extending his greetings to the radical of India and mentioning his “great conversation” with PM Modi.

He said the 2 leaders discussed commercialized and the concern with Pakistan."Let maine widen our warmest wishes to the radical of India. I conscionable spoke to your Prime Minister today. Had a large conversation. We talked astir trade... He's precise funny successful that. Although we did speech a small portion agone astir let's person nary wars with Pakistan. The information that commercialized was involved, I was capable to speech astir that. And we person nary warfare with Pakistan and India. That was a very, precise bully thing. He's a large person, and he's go a large person of excavation implicit the years," Trump said.Meanwhile, contempt ongoing commercialized talks, President Trump has imposed a 50% tariff connected India implicit its “massive” Russian lipid purchases.