PM Modi terms Japan-America-India partnership as 'JAI'

Buenos Aires: This time Prime Minister Narendra Modi has coined a new and interesting term for the partnership between Japan-America-India.

Ensuring world peace and prosperity, PM Modi said that if we put Japan America and India together it is JAI, which, in Hindi, means success.

Addressing the first ever trilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, PM modi said, "In a way, JAI (the trilateral meet) is a message of success and we are making a new beginning. Our arrangement I believe, will play a big role in promoting world peace and prosperity."

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WHAT ELSE PM MODI SAID:

- It was a good occasion as the three nations dedicated to democratic values met to discuss how to promote peace, prosperity and stability in the world.

- I am glad both US and Japan are our strategic partners. Both the leaders (Trump and Abe) have been my good friends. It is a good opportunity to work together.

Briefing the media about the meeting Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said, "It was a very warm meeting and President Trump and PM Abe complimented Prime Minister Modi for the "reforms and development that he has done".

"The three leaders exchanged views on the Indo-Pacific. They all agreed that free, open, inclusive and rules-based order is essential for the regional peace and prosperity. The Prime Minister offered some ideas on how we should take forward on the concept of Indo-Pacific and how the three countries can work together to promote this concept," Mr Gokhale said.

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It is to be mentioned that the Prime Minister is on a three-day trip to Argentina to attend the ongoing G20 summit, an international forum together the 20 leading and emerging economies of the world to discuss key global economic issues.