ahmedabad prime minister narendra modi on monday hailed us president donald trumps visit to india as a new chapter in the historic indiaus relations adding their ties is no longer just another partnership but a far greater and closer relationshipwelcoming the president at the namaste trump event at the newlook motera stadium shortly after his arrival on the first leg of his twoday trip modi said a new history is being created and asserted that foundations of new alignments challenges opportunities and changes are being laidindia and the us relations and cooperation will play an important role in deciding the course of world in the 21st century i am of the categorical view that india and the us are natural partners he told an estimated one lakhstrong audience who broke into cheers frequentlyunderscoring the strong ties between the two nations modi said the us is now indias largest trading partner and the indian military is involved in its biggest war exercise with the ustrumps visit to india at the turn of the new decade is a big opportunity he saidthe indous ties are no longer just another partnership but have touched far greater heights and the trumps trip with his family shows this modi saidwelcome to worlds biggest democracy the prime minister saidmodi said president trumps visit is a new chapter in the relations between india and america a chapter that will become a new document of progress and prosperity of the people of america and india he addedthere is so much that the two countries share modi saidhe said the two countries also share spirit of enterprise and innovation shared opportunities and challenges and shared hopes and aspirationsmodi also appreciated trump administrations efforts in the field of healththe biggest strength between two people or nations is trust modi said while quoting an old adage that friendship is where trust is unshakablein the last few years trust between the us and india has strengthened further and has reached historic levelswhat you have done for healthy and happy america is getting good results what you are doing for children in society is admirable modi saidmodi said today 130 crore indians are jointly building a new indiaour youth power is full of aspirations setting big goals achieving them is becoming the hallmark of new india today he saidmodi noted that india not only has a world record of sending the maximum number of satellites simultaneously but also is making the world record by doing the fastest financial inclusiontoday the country with which india has the most extensive research and development partnership is america he said