PM Modi is the fifth world leader Trump to spoke to.
US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over phone, the White House said, four days after he was sworn-in as the 45th President of America. President Trump had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Modi, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said. Modi is the fifth foreign leader Trump have spoken with over phone after being sworn-in as the US President on January 20.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, an official said on condition of anonymity that they had 'a great conversation'.
On January 21, Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican Premier Pena Nieto.
On Sunday, Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and yesterday he had a telephonic conversation with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
After Trump surprised the world with his historic victory in the November 8 general elections, Modi was among the first five world leaders to have congratulated Trump.
During his gruelling election campaign, India is among the few countries in addition to Israel with whom Trump spoke of strengthening ties if elected to power.
At a charity event organised by the Republican Hindu Coalition for the Kashmiri Pandit terror victims and the Bangladeshi Hindu victims in Edison on October 15, Trump, as the then Republican presidential nominee, had praised India's fast growth rate and Modi's bureaucratic and economic reforms.
"Under a Trump Administration, we are going to become even better friends, in fact I would take the term better out and we would be best friend," Trump had told a cheering crowd of Indian-Americans in Edison, New Jersey."I look forward to working with Prime Minister Modi," he had said, adding that the Indian leader is very energetic. "India is key and a key strategic ally," he had said.
Last week, PM Modi congratulated Prez Trump on assuming the office and said he looked forward to working with him to further deepen the bilateral ties and realise the full potential of their cooperation.
The Prime Minister also said that the strength of the India-US strategic partnership "lies in our shared values and common interests".
Before the US Presidential elections, calling India as a "key strategic ally", Trump had promised India and the US would become "best friends" if he was voted to power and have a "phenomenal future" together.
"Under a Trump Administration, we are going to become even better friends, in fact I would take the term better out and we would be best friends," Trump, had said to a cheering crowd of Indian-Americans at a charity event organised by the Republican Hindu Coalition.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' rallying cry has put the $150- billion Indian IT industry on edge, which is in a wait-and-watch mode to see how the new administration evolves policies around outsourcing and movement of skilled workers.
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