Full text: India and US are 'true friends', say PM Modi and President Trump

Both leaders called their conversation 'productive' and 'successful' in the joint press statement

India and the US are "friends" and the future of the Indo-US partnership has "never looked brighter", Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump said after their maiden meeting on Monday in a joint press statement.

Concerns in New Delhi over a possible drop in India's importance in Washington under the Trump administration, which were highlighted by sections of the media and experts, may have been addressed when President Trump said: "During my campaign, I pledged that if elected, India would have a true friend in the White House. And that is now exactly what you