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US ends 9-year boycott of Modi as Ambassador Nancy Powell meets Gujarat CM

Gandhinagar: Ending a nine-year boycott, US Ambassador Nancy Powell today met Narendra Modi and said her country looks forward to working closely with the government India chooses after the Lok Sabha elections, an indication that

US had revoked Modi's visa in 2005 under a domestic law over “serious violations of religious freedom”. 

Describing the meeting as warm and cordial, the sources said all facets of Indo-US relations as also global issues came up for discussion during which Powell briefed Modi on G8, G20, WTO, counter-terrorism and security cooperation.
 
Modi raised the issue of the need for terrorists being brought to justice, the sources said.