India 'not nervous about working' with Trump

NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (BBC): India has said it is not nervous about working with Donald Trump, as the former US president is set to return to office for a second term after his win in the recently held election.

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday that many countries were nervous about a [Trump-led] US, but added that "India was not one of them". Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared cordial relations with Trump during his first term between 2017 and 2021.

But India also faced a bitter tariff war with the Trump administration that affected businesses on both sides. India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the US, working well with both Republican and Democrat presidents over the years.

Different administrations in Washington have long viewed India as a counterweight to China. Speaking at an event on Sunday, Jaishankar added that Delhi had no reasons to worry that India-US relations would not prosper under Trump.

"Modi was among the first three calls, I think, that President [elect] Trump took," the minister said. But the traffic war is likely to loom over the relationship.