Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
gone from somebody who was basically a "pariah" to someone who is now
going to be celebrated in the course of just two years, a top American
think-tank has said ahead of his meeting with US PresidentBarack Obama at the White House next week.
"This would probably be the Prime Minister's seventh meeting with the
President since he took office which probably is a record both for Modi
and for the President with respect to meeting a head of government from a
country which is not a formal ally of the United States," Ashley Tellis
of the Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace said yesterday.
"This speaks to the personal relationship that the two have developed
over the last two years and also the surprising quality of it, given the
history that Modi had with the United States," Tellis said ahead of the
Obama-Modi meeting on June 7 at the White House.
During his US visit, the Prime Minister will also address a joint meeting of the US Congress on June 8.
"The close personal relationship that has now developed between Modi and
Obama is one of the surprises of the last two years," Tellis said.
Echoing Tellis, Milan Vaishnav of Carnegie said the personal
transformation that Modi has undergone is nothing short of remarkable.
"In the course of just two years, Modi has gone from just who could not
step foot on American soil as a legal matter to addressing a joint
meeting of the US Congress. He has gone from somebody who was basically a
pariah to someone who is now going to be celebrated by Washington.Read more.
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