Indo-US relations have grown from strength to strength under PM Modi: BJP

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 24

The BJP on Friday said that India has had very good relations with all the three Presidents of the US during the seven-year tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Speaking about the ongoing US visit of PM Modi, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi and the party in-charge of the foreign affairs department Vijay Chauthaiwale said the Indo-US relations have grown from strength to strength in these past seven years, irrespective of the change of the government in that country.

India has had very good relationship with the three US presidents, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, belonging to different parties in past seven years. Trivedi noted that Modi will be meeting the third US President as the Indian PM and asserted that he has enjoyed same strong relations with every President and the government there, irrespective of the party in power.

The PM has been projecting India’s interests with the same intensity, Trivedi said while speaking about the PM’s meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and the first-in-person Quad leaders’ summit.

Chauthaiwale said the two countries are not only strategic partners but also share commonalities and are in sync over global issues, including terrorism and security issues.

The five CEOs the PM met represented top US firms from different sectors and were carefully chosen for the meeting, he said, adding that they expressed confidence in the Indian economy and promised more investment.

The PM’s meetings with CEOs of Adobe, Qualcomm, First Solar, General Atomics and Blackstone Group on issues ranging from drones to 5G, semiconductor and solar will yield vast opportunities for India, he said.