Handshakes, hugs and 'Visible Chemistry' As President Trump welcomes PM Modi

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A warm welcome to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed with firm handshakes and broad smiles. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walked him into the White House in Washington DC on their first meeting on Monday.

PM Modi, who invited the trump family to visit India, later topped his invitation with a hug at the end of their Pres  statements.

And then, there was a second hug before PM Modi left the White House."There was visible chemistry between the two leaders," Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar later said.

Well before the two leaders met, Indian officials had attempted to keep expectations from the discussions at a modest level, stressing how this visit- the two leaders spent  over four hours together in different settings- was more about getting to know each other for the leaders of the two largest democracies."if the chemistry is good, everything else gets sorted," a senior official said. 

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