PM Modi and US President Trump exchange greetings

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald J Trump of the United States exchanged New Year greetings in a telephonic conversation on January 7, 2019, evening. They expressed satisfaction at the progress in India-US strategic partnership in 2018. They appreciated developments such as the launch of the new 2+2 Dialogue mechanism and the first-ever Trilateral Summit of India, the US, and Japan.

The two leaders took positive note of growing bilateral cooperation in defence, counter-terrorism and energy and coordination on regional and global issues. They agreed to continue to work together for further strengthening India-US bilateral relations in 2019, according to a PIB release.