Monday 16 September 2019

Trump’s unprecedented gesture shows he considers Modi his friend: Pak envoy

This would be the third meeting between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi and Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump’s decision to join Prime Minster Narendra Modi for the mega diaspora event “Howdy, Mody!” in Houston on September 22, suggests that Trump considers Modi to be his friend and ally, a former top Pakistani diplomat said Monday.
“President Trump is signalling clearly that while he may have hosted (Pakistan) Prime Minister Imran Khan, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he considers his ally and friend,” former Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani told PTI.
Haqqani, 63, who has authored several bestselling books on Pakistan, is currently a senior fellow and director at the South and Central Asia department of think-tank Hudson Institute.


“That (Howdy, Mody! event) will certainly depress those who thought Khan’s last trip to Washington represented a breakthrough in US-Pakistan relations,” Haqqani said in response to a question, a day after the White House announced Trump would join Modi at the mega Houston rally, which would be attended by more than 50,000 Indian Americans….

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