Billing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the United States as the “most productive” ever, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said the U.S.-India relationship was doing “exceptionally well”.
Taking questions at a townhall event in New Delhi on Wednesday, his first public remarks after he returned from his visit to the U.S. and Egypt, where he went as part of Mr. Modi’s team, Mr. Jaishankar said the Prime Minister was seen internationally as a “more authentic Indian”.
However, he declined to comment on the controversy over comments by former U.S. President Barack Obama that were critical of Mr. Modi and minority rights in the country.
