TIL Desk/National/New Delhi-US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here after addressing students at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and cracking a joke at the rains in Delhi.
Did you come in boats? This was the question Kerry had raised at the IIT-Delhi last morning. The US Secretary of State was 40 minutes late for the event at the IIT as his carcade waded through the waterlogged roads from his hotel, otherwise a 15-minute ride. On Monday also, on his way to a hotel from the airport, Kerry was stuck for almost an hour in traffic due to waterlogged roads.
When Kerry met PM Modi, monsoon floods in New Delhi became a talking point at the meeting. “It looks like the rains this time have warmly welcomed you,” Modi said as he greeted Kerry and the US delegation for talks. The India-US Strategic Dialogue was upgraded to Strategic and Commercial Dialogue last year at the initiative of Modi and US President Barack Obama.
