‘India is friends with everybody’: Swiss state secretary confident in nation's positive global role

On PM Modi's USA trip Indian Overseas Congress Chief Sam Pitroda said that his trip was really about America telling India what they want. There is very little room for negotiation. There are very little ask from India side. The way Indian media is showing is very different. Okay, so the real issues from the US side where first trade saying, look, we have trade deficit, and we want to balance it and we are going to settle trade with everybody. I think the government here is still in transition and we don't gain much, but any. Expediting the trip when the government is not settled yet. But I am sure there was a need for photo ops. There is a need for cosmetics and tell the world that we are important and tell the world that we are friends and buddies, and we had to meet first. So, I wish the timing would have been a little better for both countries, not just for India. If I can buy cheaper somewhere else. Why would I buy from you? Or for that matter, from anybody else? So, I think these are the operational issues that will have to be sorted out. It is always good to have increased trade with any country, because that allows all people to come closer to each other, and that sort of helps in peace and prosperity everywhere. #SAMPITRODA #CONGRESS #PMMODI #USA