New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed President Joe Biden’s strong commitment to strengthen the India-US strategic partnership when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on him.
PM Modi tweeted, “Nice to meet US Secretary of State @SecBlinken today. I welcome President Biden’s strong commitment to strengthen the India-US Strategic Partnership, which is based on our shared democratic values and the global good. There’s a force to be had.”
Prime Minister Modi said that the societies of the US and India share a deep commitment to the values of democracy, freedom and independence, and that the Indian diaspora in the US has contributed greatly to enhancing bilateral relations. Minister’s Office.
At the meeting, Modi warmly congratulated President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and commended them for the initiatives taken by President Biden related to Quad, COVID-19 and climate change.
“The Prime Minister noted that the India-US strategic partnership will be of even greater global importance in the coming years, in the context of the challenges posed by COVID-19, global economic recovery and climate change,” the statement said has gone.
It said Secretary Blinken appreciated the growing convergence between India and the US on a wide range of bilateral and multilateral issues, and the commitment of both strategic partners to turn this convergence into a substantive and practical cooperation.
“Secretary Blinken conveys to the Prime Minister the greetings of President Biden and Vice President Harris,” it said.
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The statement said Blinken briefed Modi about his fruitful exchanges with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval, and about India-US strategic ties in various areas, including defence, maritime security, trade and investment, climate. expressed a strong commitment to further deepen Change and Science and Technology.
Earlier, Blinken held extensive talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar covering the situation in Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific engagement and the COVID-19 response mechanism.
Blinken also held talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to focus on taking the relationship to the ‘next level’.
The US Secretary of State arrived here on Tuesday evening on a two-day visit with a broad agenda of talks.
This is Blinken’s first visit to India after taking over as US Secretary of State and the third by a high-ranking Biden administration official since coming to power in January.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited India in March, while US Special Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry visited New Delhi in April.
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