New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- US President Donald Trump joined Diwali celebrations at the White House and lit diyas on Tuesday (local time). He extended his warm greetings to the people of India and Indian-Americans on the occasion.

During initial remarks following celebrations, Donald Trump said, "Let me extend our warmest wishes to the people of India."

Trump informed that he "had a great conversation" with his "great friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"I just spoke to your Prime Minister today. Had a great conversation. We talked about trade... He's very interested in that," Trump said.

He added, "Although we did talk a little while ago about let's have no wars with Pakistan. The fact that trade was involved, I was able to talk about th...