New Delhi:Amid the strained India-US ties over tariffs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday responded to US President Donald Trump's "always be friends" remark, saying he "fully reciprocates his sentiments".

According to the PM, India and the US have a "very positive" global strategic partnership.

"Deeply appreciate and fully reciprocate President Trump's sentiments and positive assessment of our ties. India and the US have a very positive and forward-looking Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership," PM Modi wrote on X.

Trump, on Friday, called India-US ties a "very special relationship" and affirmed that he and PM Modi would "always be friends". However, he expressed displeasure over what PM Modi is "doing" at the moment - referring to India's Russian oil imports.

"I'll always be friends with PM Modi. He's a great Prime Minister. I'll always be friends, but I just don't like what he is doing at this particular moment. But India and the United States have a very special relationship. There is nothing to worry about. We just have moments on occasion," Trump said.

The US President also said that trade talks with India are "going well".India and US ties had strained in recent weeks after the Trump administration imposed secondary tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. 

Source:Ndtv