New York : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former US president Bill Clinton and his wife and former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton here Monday.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was also present during the meeting. Hillary Clinton and Sushma Swaraj shared a hug, according to pictures of their meeting tweeted by the external affairs ministry.
Hillary Clinton, who was an active US secretary of state during President Barack Obama’s first stint as president, is being touted as a 2016 US presidential hopeful, though she has not revealed her cards yet.
The Clintons have just become grandparents. A baby girl was born to their daughter Chelsea Clinton, 34, and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, 36.
The baby has been christened Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. The Clintons said in a statement they are “blessed, grateful and so happy to be the grandparents of a beautiful girl”, and tweeted the photo of them holding the child.