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| Trump praises US-India relations after talks with Modi | Trump praises US-India relations after talks with Modi |
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| President Donald Trump says the relationship between the US and India "has never been stronger", following talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi. | President Donald Trump says the relationship between the US and India "has never been stronger", following talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi. |
| In a joint news conference, he said he looked forward to improving the trading relationship between the two countries. | In a joint news conference, he said he looked forward to improving the trading relationship between the two countries. |
| Mr Modi said he and Mr Trump had agreed to improve co-operation on fighting terrorism. | Mr Modi said he and Mr Trump had agreed to improve co-operation on fighting terrorism. |
| The talks at the White House were the first time the two leaders had met face to face. | The talks at the White House were the first time the two leaders had met face to face. |
| "The relationship between India and the United States has never been stronger, never been better," President Trump told the news conference in the White House Rose Garden. | |
| Mr Trump, who regularly posts on Twitter, also described himself and Mr Modi as "world leaders in social media". | |
| Mr Modi said the fight to remove safe havens for terrorism was an important part of US-India co-operation. | |
| He invited President Trump and his family to visit India. | |
| Earlier in his trip to the US, Mr Modi met the heads of 20 US companies, including Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai. | |
| He told them that his government had pushed through thousands of reforms to make India "business friendly". | He told them that his government had pushed through thousands of reforms to make India "business friendly". |
| He later tweeted: "Interacted with top CEOs. We held extensive discussions on opportunities in India." | He later tweeted: "Interacted with top CEOs. We held extensive discussions on opportunities in India." |
| Although the US and India are both economic powerhouses, there are sharp differences on issues such as immigration and climate change. | Although the US and India are both economic powerhouses, there are sharp differences on issues such as immigration and climate change. |
| In an article for the Wall Street Journal ahead of Monday's meeting, Mr Modi said India and the US were "mutually reinforcing engines of growth and innovation". | |