The 73-year-old Hindu nationalist leader has been courted by the US and European allies as a counterweight to China.
NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in power on June 4, leading the country with the world’s biggest population and fastest-growing economy.pushing for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council,India, the world’s fifth-largest and fastest-growing major economy, is a favourite of Western leaders – despite warnings by rights activists about rising authoritarianism.
With France, it hopes to expand multibillion-dollar deals, including the sale of Rafale fighter jets and Scorpene-class submarines.Tens of thousands of troops from the nuclear-armed Asian giants continue to eyeball each other. Territorial claims remain a perennial source of tension. India has shied away from explicit condemnation of Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, abstained on UN resolutions censuring Moscow, and snapped up cut-price Russian crude oil supplies.adding that he was looking forward to developing their “special” relationship.Mr Modi’s government has refused to engage with historic rival Pakistan since accusing Islamabad of cross-border terrorism.
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