washington us president donald trump greeted prime minister narendra modi on his 70th birthday praising him as a great leader and loyal friendprime minister modi born on september 17 in 1950 turned 70 on thursdayi would like to extend best wishes and a very happy 70th birthday to the prime minister of india narendramodi many happy returns to a great leader and loyal friend trump tweeted thursday afternoon local timehe also posted a photograph of him and first lady melania trump with prime minister modi at the namaste trump event the two leaders had their hands raised and clenched before a 125000strong crowd who had gathered to welcome the us president on his first india visit at motera cricket stadium in ahmedabad in february this yearat the event prime minister modi had said that a new history was being createdmodi and trump enjoy a special relationship and have been working on a number regional and global issues they frequently talk over the phone and the countries have had an unprecedented level of cooperation even during the coronavirus pandemicindia supplied hydroxychloroquine to the us in the early stages of the pandemic and trump ordered ventilators to india the two countries are also collaborating on development of vaccine and therapeuticson thursday lisa curtis the deputy assistant to the us president told a top american thinktank the trump administration has elevated the relationship with india and solidified the growing partnership in ways not seen in any other us administrationthe joint statement signed by president trump and pm modi following trumps visit to india in february is testament to this administrations commitment to building this vital partnership curtis saidwhether we are talking about increasing collaboration to develop therapeutics and vaccines to combat covid19 increasing defence cooperation such as indias recent decision to purchase us multirole and attack helicopters worth usd 3 billion or enhancing collaboration on cyber security the usindia relationship has never been better she saidtrump was among a host of world leaders including russian president vladimir putin british prime minister boris johnson and german chancellor angela merkel who wished modi on his birthday and lauded him for strengthening ties with their countriesputin and merkel wrote letters to modi and johnson and several others tweetedseveral other organisations and individuals in the us also greeted prime minister modi best wishes to modi on his 70th birthday us india business council saidprime minister modi has steered the usindia relationship to new heights creating a vision for india to play a significant role in helping the world bounce back post pandemic we will continue to strengthen usindia ties under your leadership usibc saidthe new yorkbased celebrated indian michelin star chef restaurateur vikas khanna greeting the prime minister tweeted wishing you best of health and successheartiest congratulations and best wishes to honourable prime minister shri narendra modi on his birthday said chandrakant patel former president of the overseas friends of bjpmodi responded individually to many of those who wished him on twitterpeople from all over india from