India, Sept. 22 -- Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, in his first public event since assuming the post, on Monday released four books of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's selected speeches and hailed the latter's international diplomacy.

"Even as 50% duty has been put on India by the US, Trump continues to say, 'Modi is my great friend'. Even in that situation, he has not said he is against Modi. Modi is a great friend of Putin. He is a great friend of Trump. At the same time, (Chinese President) Xi Jinping, despite the differences of international politics, is a good friend of Modi. That's why he may turn the impossible into possible. And if there is a will in your heart to serve humanity without any expectation, you will find a way," he sa...