External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that while a lot of countries are nervous after Donald Trump won the US presidential elections, India is not one of them.
Speaking during the Aditya Birla’s 25th Silver Jubilee Scholarship Program in Mumbai, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had built rapport with multiple US presidents.
“When he first visited Washington DC, Barack Obama was the President, then it was Donald Trump, and then it was Joe Biden… There is something natural in terms of how he (PM Modi) forges those relationships… I know many countries are nervous about the US today, but let’s be honest. We are not one of them,” he said.
The minister also said that Prime Minister Modi was among the first three calls that US President-elect Trump took after his victory in the elections.
PM Modi called Trump after his victory in the US presidential polls on November 5 and congratulated him.
During the conversation, Trump praised PM Modi, describing him as a magnificent man and that the whole world loved him, according to sources.
The US President-elect further said that India is a magnificent country, and he considered PM Modi and India as true friends, sources said, adding that both leaders agreed to work together for world peace.
In a tweet, PM Modi said he had a “great conversation” with Trump, whom he called his “friend”. He said he looked forward to working with Trump again to boost India-US ties in various sectors, including defence and technology.
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