United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday joined the Diwali festivities at the White House and extended warm greetings to the Indian people on the occasion. He said that he had just spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and they had a great conversation. While speaking to reporters at the Oval Office, the Republican leader described PM Modi as a ‘great person’ and a ‘great friend.’

“Let me extend our warmest wishes to the people of India. I just spoke to your Prime Minister today. Had a great conversation. We talked about trade. He’s very interested in that,” Trump said in his initial remarks at the event. He further highlighted US-India trade & regional ties and New Delhi’s relations with Pakistan. “Although we did talk a little while ago about having no wars with Pakistan. T

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