US and India are 'natural allies': PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the relationship between India and the United States, stating that the two countries are 'natural allies'.

"If I have to describe the India-US relationship in a single word, I will say we are natural allies. I think the relationship between India and US, and the two countries in themselves, have played an enormously important role and continue to play an important role in strengthening democratic values all over the world," Time Magazine quoted the Prime Minister as saying.

"What should the India-US relationship be... I think that is a rather limited point of view to take. I think the way we should look at it is what India and the US can together do for the world. That is the perspective in which we approach our relationship with the United States," he added.

The Prime Minister also thanked US President Barack Obama after the latter wrote a 'thoughtful and generous' article praising him.