Indo-US ties will stir if Narendra Modi keeps his pledges

December 03, 2014 11:42

The invitation to Barack Obama to be the chief guest at next month's Republic Day celebrations is prima facie a good decision by Narendra Modi, but it is based on hollow foundations if he expects it to result in any ambitious agenda for bilateral relations.

The invitation sprang from an unexpectedly good rapport that the president of the United States of America established with the prime minister of India at their first meeting in the White House in September. Read more

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