Abe, Trump and Modi meet for trilateral 'JAI' meet in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Nov 30: Japan PM Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had their first Japan-America-India (JAI) trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on Friday. The leaders discussed major issues of global and multilateral interests.

After the meeting, PM Narendra Modi, said, " Both countries are our strategic partners and both leaders are my good friends. Japan, USA, India acronym is JAI, so 'Jai' in Hindi means success. This sends a good message."

'Both countries are our strategic partners and both leaders are my good friends. Japan, USA, India acronym is JAI, so Jai in India means success. This sends a good message," said PM Modi.

US President Donald Trump, said, "We just had a great meeting. Our relationship is extremely great, strong. It is stronger than ever. We are doing very well together, a lot of defence and military purchases."

The meeting assumed importance in the wake of China flexing its muscles in the strategic Indo-Pacific region, according to PTI.