The United States is for India, the Biden administration said.
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- US Department Spokesperson Ned Price said India’s relations with Russia have evolved over several decades
- It’s not a partnership built in days, weeks or months: Values on India-US ties
- We have made it clear to our Indian partners that we are there for them: Ned Price
The United States is “there” for India, which the Biden administration has said, noting that New Delhi’s relationship with Moscow evolved over decades when Washington was unprepared.
“We’ve had a lot of discussions with our Indian partners, and the point we’ve made is that every country will have a different relationship with Moscow,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference on Thursday. ” 16 June).
He said India’s relations with Russia have evolved over several decades.
“It evolved over the course of decades at a time when the United States was not ready or able to be the partner of choice for the Indian government,” Price said.
“That has changed. This is the legacy of a bipartisan tradition that has been going on for more than two decades now. It really goes back to the Clinton administration, certainly to the George W. Bush administration, where the United States has sought partnership. With India, India has sought to be the partner of choice, including when it comes to the security sector,” he said.
Price said this is not a partnership built over the course of days, weeks or months.
“I mentioned earlier that India’s relations with Russia were built over several decades, as countries re-orient their relations with Moscow, as we have seen many of them do. It will be a gradual process ,” he said in response to one. Question.
“But throughout all of this, we have made it clear to our Indian partners that we are there for them. We are ready and capable, and willing to partner with them. And we have done just that,” Price said.
“Of course, we had a ‘2+2’ dialogue not long ago with our Indian partners. We will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again in the context of I2U2, which we have with the United Arab Emirates and Israel. India, Certainly involving India in many of our partnerships, including the Quad,” he said.
“And this is a group that this administration has sought to revive, and it has done so at a very high level,” the official said.
(with PTI inputs)
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