New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Washington on a two-day visit for a much anticipated high-stakes meeting with recently re-elected US President Donald Trump. PM Modi started the series of bilateral interactions by meeting U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday.

The meeting marks the first time that PM Modi would be meeting Donald Trump after his re-election and is extremely significant. During Trump’s first term as the US President, relations between him and PM Modi were cordial, exemplified by their joint appearances at massive rallies in Houston and Ahmedabad. PM Modi would now like to leverage these personal ties and ensure the President strengthens ties with India, not backslides them due to minor issues.

While PM Modi has had good relations with US President Donald Trump, Trump’s unpredictable nature and insistence on carrying out a form of personalised foreign policy makes it difficult to make........

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