AMN
Former President of the US Barack Obama Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, it was good to meet Mr Obama once again and learn about new initiatives being taken forward under his leadership at the Obama Foundation. Mr Modi said, he was happy to know about Mr Obama’s perspectives on further strengthening India-US strategic partnership.
It was the first meeting between the two leaders after Mr Obama left the White House in January 2017. At another event in New Delhi on Friday, Mr Obama was quoted by websites as saying: “I like him (Modi)… I think he has a vision for the country… he is making efforts to modernise some elements of the bureaucracy. But I was also great friends with Dr (Manmohan) Singh.”
The 44th US President, who held office from 2009 to 2017, had made strong comments in favour of pluralism in New Delhi during a public interaction on the last day of his January 2015 visit, which had come against the backdrop of a controversy over religious conversions