NEW DELHI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- India celebrated its 79th Independence Day on Friday, the highlight of which was a customary speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

巴基斯坦官员对此表示欢迎——甚至后来称他们已提名特朗普获得诺贝尔和平奖——但印度官员却反驳了这位美国总统。他们坚决反对特朗普的说法（他此后重复了该说法数十次），旨在塑造莫迪作为强硬领导人的形象，称是他通过军事力量迫使巴基斯坦请求停火。

China welcomes Indian Prime Minister Modi to China for the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.