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Trump Signalling He Considers PM Modi Ally: Ex Pak Envoy On Texas Event

Darpan News Desk IANS, 17 Sep, 2019 10:58 PM

    US President Donald Trump's decision to join Prime Minster Narendra Modi for the mega Indian community event "Howdy, Modi!" in Houston on September 22, suggests that he considers Prime Minister Modi to be his friend and ally, a former top Pakistani diplomat said on Monday.


    "President Trump is signalling clearly that while he may have hosted (Pakistan) Prime Minister Imran Khan, it is Prime Minister Modi that he considers his ally and friend," former Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani told news agency Press Trust of India.


    Mr 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, Modi! event) will certainly depress those who thought (Imran) Khan's last trip to Washington represented a breakthrough in US-Pakistan relations," Mr Haqqani said in response to a question, a day after the White House announced that Donald Trump would join PM Modi at the mega Houston rally, which would be attended by more than 50,000 Indian-Americans.


    This would be the third meeting between the two leaders this year. The previous two were on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan in June and on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France in July.


    The US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF), one of the organising partners of the event, hailed Donald Trump's participation and said bilateral trade between India and the US has seen an extremely positive trajectory in the last decade.


    "This unprecedented gesture by both leaders shows their commitment towards the US-India partnership and why the two countries continue to be natural allies," USISPF president Mukesh Aghi said.


    "As the energy capital of the US, Houston is the appropriate venue for the two leaders to meet. Just this year, US energy exports to India have accounted for nearly 75 per cent of overall exports. Companies from both countries are actively discussing investments in both countries and strategic partnerships," he said.


    "We have witnessed an extremely positive trajectory in our bilateral trade over the last decade," Mr Aghi said.


    According to USISPF projections, US-India bilateral trade could grow from USD 143 billion to USD 327 billion by 2025, if the last two years' trade growth rate of 12.5 per cent continues.


    Texas Senator John Cornyn said he is looking forward to attending the Trump-Modi rally in Houston this Sunday. Other senior leaders who are expected to attend the event include Senator Ted Cruz, Congressman Al Green, US Representative Pete Olson; Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, US Representative Sylvia Garcia and Texas Governor Greg Abbot.

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