PM Modi and Donald Trump hold bilateral talks: Top quotes from the meeting
During his two-day visit to the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, where the two leaders held bilateral talks. The meeting followed Trump’s sharp comments on tariffs and Brics nations.
Despite this, their strong personal bond was evident as the two leaders hugged, reflecting their camaraderie when PM Modi arrived and was warmly welcomed by Trump at the White House.
Here are the key quotes from their discussions:
PM Modi on progress and partnership
“Together we will march towards progress and prosperity of our two nations.” – PM Modi in his opening remarks.
Trump on friendship and trade
“It’s a great honour to have PM Modi of India. He is a great friend of mine for a long time… We have, I think, some very big things to talk about. Number 1 is, they are going to be purchasing a lot of our oil and gas. We have more oil and gas than any other country in the world. They need it, and we have it. We are going to talk about trade. We are going to talk about many things.” – President Trump.
PM on national interest
“I appreciate that he (President Trump) always keeps the national interest (of the US) supreme. Like President Trump, it is a great fortune for me to keep the interests of India supreme and work.” – PM Modi.
PM Modi’s congratulations to Trump
“I congratulate you on this grand victory of yours, not just from my side, but on behalf of 140 crore Indians as well… I have once again got the opportunity to work with President Trump.” – PM Modi.
Shared memories and future collaboration
“I am happy that as soon as I entered this room, my friend reminded me of Ahmedabad and the cricket stadium where we held a big rally… I firmly believe that, in your second term, we will work with even more speed. As I have promised people of India that in my third term, we will work with thrice the speed, I firmly believe that with President Trump, during the next 4 years… we will work with twice the speed than we did in his first term.” – PM Modi.
Trump on unity and friendship
“More than anything else, we (PM Modi and President Trump) have great unity, we have great friendship – he & I and our countries. I think it’s only going to get closer. But it’s very important that we remain united as countries. We are friends and we are going to stay that way.” – President Trump.
PM on strengthening ties
“President Trump’s first term has played a big role in making India-US relations stronger and taking them to new heights. I am confident that in the second term too, we will move ahead with the same pace.” – PM Modi.
Energy and trade
“We have some very big things to talk about; they (India) are going to be purchasing a lot of our oil and gas.” – President Trump.
