US President Donald Trump hailed the contribution of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Indo-Pacific region.
“In the broader region, countries outside APEC are also making great strides in this chapter for the Indo-Pacific,” he said in a speech at the APEC CEO summit in Vietnam on Friday.
“India is celebrating its 70th anniversary. It’s a sovereign democracy, as well as, think of this, one of over one billion people is the largest democracy in the world. Since India opened its economy, it has achieved astounding growth and a new world of opportunity for its expanding middle class.
Prime Minister Modi has been working to bring that vast country and all of its people together as one, and he’s working at it very, very successfully indeed,” he added.
