New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Former Indian diplomat KP Fabian on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is the "right thing" to strengthen ties with China but warned that closer relations with China and Russia cannot replace India's deteriorating ties with the United States.

Speaking to ANI, Fabian said, "There is an impression in certain cottages in India that we can now build up our relations with China and Russia in a manner that will take care of our deteriorating relations with the United States, which now I consider wrong because we need good relations with the United States. It's in our interest, it's in their interest, but if the relations go bad, both countries will suffer, and India will s...