<p align="justify" class="title">The India-US relationship is going to get stronger and better under the Trump administration in a wide range of areas, including regional security issues, trade and economy, terrorism, a senior White House official has said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"India is a natural ally of the United States, because of the shared commitment to democracy and to counter-terrorism, and because the region is so vital to the US security," Raj Shah, the White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary, told a group of Indian reporters.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Shah's comments came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held their second bilateral meeting in Manila on the sidelines of the Asean Summit.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The two countries are going to have a "strong relationship and it's going to get stronger" under this president, he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Shah said that the US-India relationship should stand on its own leg and "not be contingent" on any other relationship.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There are a lot more in common between India and the US than that between US and China, he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The relationship with Modi is his relationship with Modi. He likes (him). You know he talks about other leaders too... The way in which he talks about a few other leaders that he just likes and gets along with, Modi is one of them," he added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Modi and Trump met for the first time in June, but they have spoken on several occasions after Trump was elected as the US President last year.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"They just get along," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I think, he (Trump) was impressed with Prime Minister Modi and you know I can't speak too much further than that, but you have a situation where they like each other. The fundamentals of the relationship are set for a kind of a rising tide rising between the two countries," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Describing the June meeting between Modi and Trump as a "really big step," the principal deputy press secretary said the relationship between the two largest democracies of the world is expanding in a wide range of areas, including regional security issues, trade and economy in addition to areas like terrorism.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I think it's moved from security issues now toward economic issues in many waystrade and energy exports, which have expanded to India in recent months actually, and a lot of regional security issues not just kind of global terrorism. There's democracy promotion in the area," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"This among other things also includes helping countries and in that region fighting terrorism. For instance, India is helping Philippines in some of the counter-terrorism issues," he added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"So, this relationship has great deal of potential and we are very excited about it," Shah said.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">The India-US relationship is going to get stronger and better under the Trump administration in a wide range of areas, including regional security issues, trade and economy, terrorism, a senior White House official has said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"India is a natural ally of the United States, because of the shared commitment to democracy and to counter-terrorism, and because the region is so vital to the US security," Raj Shah, the White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary, told a group of Indian reporters.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Shah's comments came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held their second bilateral meeting in Manila on the sidelines of the Asean Summit.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The two countries are going to have a "strong relationship and it's going to get stronger" under this president, he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Shah said that the US-India relationship should stand on its own leg and "not be contingent" on any other relationship.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There are a lot more in common between India and the US than that between US and China, he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The relationship with Modi is his relationship with Modi. He likes (him). You know he talks about other leaders too... The way in which he talks about a few other leaders that he just likes and gets along with, Modi is one of them," he added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Modi and Trump met for the first time in June, but they have spoken on several occasions after Trump was elected as the US President last year.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"They just get along," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I think, he (Trump) was impressed with Prime Minister Modi and you know I can't speak too much further than that, but you have a situation where they like each other. The fundamentals of the relationship are set for a kind of a rising tide rising between the two countries," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Describing the June meeting between Modi and Trump as a "really big step," the principal deputy press secretary said the relationship between the two largest democracies of the world is expanding in a wide range of areas, including regional security issues, trade and economy in addition to areas like terrorism.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I think it's moved from security issues now toward economic issues in many waystrade and energy exports, which have expanded to India in recent months actually, and a lot of regional security issues not just kind of global terrorism. There's democracy promotion in the area," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"This among other things also includes helping countries and in that region fighting terrorism. For instance, India is helping Philippines in some of the counter-terrorism issues," he added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"So, this relationship has great deal of potential and we are very excited about it," Shah said.</p>