Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON, 11th March. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that “The engagements we’ve had with our Indian partners have been in furtherance of deepening already extensive ties. “
US reiterated that India is a global strategic partner of America.
Ned Price in a regular press briefing said, “Our message to India and about India is consistent. India is a global strategic partner of US,” as he replied on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visit to India and he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Secretary did have an audience with PM when he was in Delhi for G20. I’m not in a position to detail what was exchanged between them,” said Price.
Blinken was in India to take part in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Raisina Dialogue.
“The engagements we’ve had with our Indian partners at the ministerial level, at the leader level, at all levels, have been in furtherance of deepening the already extensive ties between our two countries,” said Mr. Price.
He said that US want to deepen global strategic partnership with India.
“There are various ways in which our two societies are intertwined. So every time we have an opportunity to meet with our Indian counterparts, it is an effort to deepen what is that already a quite extensive global strategic partnership,” said Price.
He stressed that India-US bilateral relations have developed into a “global strategic partnership”, based on shared democratic values and increasing convergence of interests on bilateral, regional and global issues. Regular exchange of high-level political visits has provided sustained momentum to bilateral cooperation, while the wide-ranging and ever-expanding dialogue architecture has established a long-term framework for India-US engagement.
India-U.S. bilateral cooperation is broad-based and multi-sectoral covers trade and investment, defence and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high-technology, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health. Vibrant people-to-people interaction and support across the political spectrum in both countries nurture our bilateral relationship.
Under the new motto “Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go”, both countries are trying to enhance cooperation.
Both countries are in touch at political and official levels and have organized a wide-range of dialogue on global issues that have a direct impact on their growing economies.
Under Biden, India-US relations can prove to be a defining alliance in the days to come.
Both countries are in a position where they need each other as a helping hand. The successful future of the relationship between the two countries will largely depend upon how the US engages with India.
The strategic cooperation between both countries will be a win-win situation for India and the US.
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