WASHINGTON : India and the United States are natural partners and indeed on course to be the best partners given their shared democratic values, multi-cultural traditions, robust people-to-people ties and convergent economic and security interests, according to the envoys of the two countries.
In a joint op-ed piece in the Huffington Post, Indian Ambassador to the US Arun K Singh and US Ambassador to India Richard Verma observed that the two countries were stronger when they work together and close collaboration between them in the years ahead could have a big impact upon global peace and prosperity.
Serving as our governments’ highest representatives in our respective capitals, we are resolute in our determination to ensure we remain on this course, and we are optimistic about our future partnership together, they added.
The two envoys noted that this month marked the 10-year anniversary of the landmark US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative that transformed their bilateral relationship into a strategic partnership built on mutual trust and natural affinity. As two ambassadors named in recent months, we’ve seen firsthand the promise of the US-India partnership. The historic visits of Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi to the United States and President (Barack) Obama to India helped our relationship soar, moving us past old disagreements and paving the way forward for even more ambitious new collaborations. (Agencies)
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