Saturday 15 / February / 2025
Bengaluru: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday commented on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States and said that big concerns were addressed in the meet.
He added that he was encouraged with the details received and was looking forward to the PM and his team coming back.
Speaking to ANI, Tharoor stated that negotiations were made on the trade and tariffs which would conclude by September or October.
"So far, what we have seen from the press statements by the Prime Minister and President Trump are very encouraging. Some of the big concerns we all had have been addressed." Tharoor said.
"On the question of trade and tariffs, they have decided to sit down together and do a serious negotiation that will conclude by September-October. I think that's a very good outcome otherwise there would have been made some decisions in Washington which would have affected our exports," Tharoor further stated.
Speaking on the discussions made on the issue of illegal immigration, he commented that the only thing missing in the discussion was questions on the manner in which the people were treated and sent back.
"The only thing missing in the discussion were questions on the manner in which the people were treated and sent back. Otherwise, his stand was absolutely correct. These are misled youth who have been encouraged and induced to migrate illegally. I hope something was said behind close doors that the manner in which this was done should have been avoided. If the PM has done that, it was amazing," he said.
Commenting on discussions on the defence front, the MP said that the commitment to sell the F-35 stealth aircraft is very valuable.
"On the defence front, the commitment to sell us the F-35 stealth aircraft is very valuable because that is a state-of-the-art aircraft," he stated.
"It looks to me that we have got everything we had expected. I think calling PM Modi a better negotiator than himself (Donald Trump) is a very high degree of praise," he added.
