Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relationship with the world’s biggest economies has helped to build trust in India’s economy, which will help the nation overcome any “negative impacts” from shifts in global trade under US President Donald Trump,

Jaishankar said that the two countries would like to deepen ties in defence, security, technology and more domains and are competing on how to take it forward.

An upward trajectory in relations is “almost inevitable,” the U.S. ambassador, Eric Garcetti, said in an interview before leaving his post.

Indian and U.S. diplomats are trying to arrange a meeting in February between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, two Indian sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.