US President Donald Trump joined world leaders on Wednesday in congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India’s longest-serving elected prime minister, and the prime minister responded by saying he looked forward to working with the US leader to strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership.
Trump posted his congratulatory message on his Truth Social platform just before 11pm on Wednesday evening. Prime Minister Modi’s response came about 30 minutes later.
“Congratulations to my friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on becoming India’s longest serving Prime Minister – and a great Prime Minister!” Trump said.
“He is a strong, healthy, wise man who will have many years of greatness and success ahead of him! President Donald J. Trump.”
Modi responded, saying: “Thank you, President Trump, for your warm wishes.
“I look forward to working with you to strengthen the comprehensive global strategic partnership between India and the United States, for the benefit of our two countries and the world,” he added.
The two leaders have spoken and exchanged messages on social media on a few occasions this year, including when they jointly announced in February that the two countries were working on a trade deal to deal with the issue of US tariffs. They spoke by phone as recently as April, when they discussed the West Asia crisis, including efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and reviewed bilateral cooperation.
Earlier in the evening, PM Modi reached out via social media to several other world leaders who sent him congratulatory messages, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Chairman of Nepal’s ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rabi Lamikhane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and European Commission President Ursula von der Lane, President of the European Council. Antonio Costa.
