India electionsModi's 'deal diplomacy' to see a revival after landslide victory
Signs emerge of possible talks between India and Pakistan as election heat cools
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, in 2018. Modi has traveled abroad quite often compared with his predecessors. © Reuters
YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer
NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term will see his deal diplomacy back in action, as he faces a balancing act between raising India's status as the leader of South Asia and securing economic agreements with geopolitical rival China.