Here is another sense of how much Modi and Obama want their respective governments and people to take Indo-US relations for granted. Much of what Modi and Obama have worked out will provide an institutional framework for future relations. Yet the joint statement ends with Modi inviting Obama to visit India again “at his convenience.” There was a similar sense of a new normal when George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh put the first Indo-US nuclear deal together. This understanding is the main accomplishment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated interactions with President Barack Obama.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2016 14:03 UTC