This refers to the editorial, “In one voice on terror” (June 28). It is said that people must be judged by their actions and not their words. Most of us had hardly had set a high bar for the summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, though they have just shared multiple hugs and handshakes in Washington. Personally, I think that the extended TV coverage accorded to this meeting was over the top, but, perhaps, that has become the USP of Indian news channels. However, the most tangible consequence of the meeting has been the black-listing of Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin, and an agreement both countries should go after terrorist safe havens.
But the main Indian accomplishment from the visit was to reassure itself that the India-US strategic partnership developed over the past two decades will survive an unpredictable White House President. For the most part, that has been accomplished. The two Governments easily found common ground on terrorism. But they also broadly agreed that they faced a common Chinese challenge on the maritime front. Finally would the common pitch on terror compensate for India's distancing from Iran, China and RussiaIJ Prime Minister Modi's US sojourn may have set off a churn in India's relations with more proximate countries.