NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State John Kerry met India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time on Friday, hoping to break the ice with a leader once shunned by Washington.

Kerry, who held talks with senior Indian officials on Thursday, has voiced optimism about expanding cooperation between the world’s two largest democracies after Modi’s right-wing government won a decisive electoral mandate.

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