Modi has ushered in vibrant foreign policy

A very happening six months of foreign policy has been one of the highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, with interactions with most of the world, including even the distant islands in the South Pacific.

For a man who was seen as a newbie to the high-flying, tough-negotiating world of global diplomacy, the Modi government began its innings with the major diplomatic initiative of inviting South Asian leaders, including Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to his May 26 swearing-in, a move that took everyone, including the invitees, by surprise.

Since that day, the Prime Minister or his Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj have been busy interacting with most of the world and setting a scorching pace for the country's diplomats.

Modi has met all the Permanent Five members of the UN - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - meeting some twice. He has met Chinese President Xi Jinping thrice Modi has met Russian President Vladimir Putin twice. That apart he he ha dmet British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande during the G20 in Brisbane.