H1-B visas, trade wars, S-400 missile defence systems from Russia, Iranian oil – after a steady high, a few hugs between Modi and Trump – these are the handful of thorns in India-US relations and on Wednesday, 26 June, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar met to smoothen out their differences.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on a three-day visit to India. On day one, he met both PM Modi and EAM S Jaishankar.
Before the visit, Pompeo seemed to have done his homework because in a statement he said, “Modi hai toh mumkin hai.”
Well done! But, is restoring India-US ties going to be mumkin? Let’s dive into that question in today’s edition of The Big Story.
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