Indo-US relationship based on trust which is increasing: India's envoy

Washington, October 22

India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said that there is a very strong base between the Indo-US relationship which is of trust and that is increasing.

Sandhu, during a reception he hosted at the India House for senior Congressional staffers, said that India and America not only have strong strategic and defence relations, but also a deep relationship in health care and pharma.

“And that is going to deepen,” he said on Thursday.

“Today, there is a very strong base between our bilateral relationship and that base is of trust. And that trust is increasing. And that's very important in the number of partnerships which we share,” said Sandhu, who has been making special efforts with his Congressional outreach.

As close aides of lawmakers both in the House and the Senate, Congressional staffers, a number of whom are of Indian-origin, play a key role in shaping the policies and legislative agenda of the US Congress.

Many of them in the years to come climb up the ladder to even serve in presidential administration.

India, Sandhu asserted, plays a significant role in affordable health care, affordable medicines and vaccines.

“I'll just give you one example. Six years ago, both the US and India collaborated for a vaccine. We partnered in bulk production of a vaccine for another virus called RotaVirus. That collaboration got the cost of a single dose down from USD 60 to USD 1. That is the kind of depth that is there,” he said.

Reiterating that there is a huge potential between India and the US in the health care sector, Sandhu also referred to the cooperation in energy, climate change and renewables.

Knowledge partnership and education sector is another key area of collaboration between the two countries, he said. PTI

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