Modi, Trump meeting a 'tremendous success': US experts

US President Donald Trump's maiden meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a "tremendous success" and took the Indo-US relationship to the next level, top American experts have said.

"I thought the visit was tremendous success. I was really happy that the overall theme was one of cooperation and not confrontation," Robert Blake, the former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, said.

Blake, now a senior director at the McLarty Associates, said that many of the experts were concerned that there would be a focus on the trade deficit and device of issues like the H-1B.

"Instead, I was so happy that the two leaders emphasised strategic cooperation on counter terrorism, on defence, on moving forward in a fair and reciprocal way on trade," he told

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