New Delhi: Even as the ASEAN and the East Asia summits in Kuala Lumpur this month may offer an opportunity for a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, New Delhi remains cautious, given the United States leader’s repeated claims about brokering the May 10 ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

What is also contributing to New Delhi’s dilemma is the possible implications of a Modi-Trump meeting in Kuala Lumpur in the domestic politics just ahead of the state assembly elections in Bihar, particularly in view of the stress in the bilateral relations not only because the 50 per cent tariff the US imposed on India had not yet been withdrawn and the trade deal negotiations could not reach a breakthrough, but also because Washington, DC, disregarded Ind

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