Earlier, a media report claimed that US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti informed his in-country team that relations between New Delhi and Ottawa could get worse for a time and the US may need to reduce its contacts with Indian officials.
Biden's top advisor, a prominent Indian American in the White House, Neera Tandon said that it's important that India and the US have a strong person-to-person, community-to-community leader relationship based on the strength of the community.
Indian-American Iyer said the talks between India and the US to finalise the security of supply arrangement, which would streamline the ability of defence firms to procure their requirements, is making good progress.
The critical remarks from India came weeks after a powerful Congressional Committee recommended strengthening NATO Plus by including India.
The iCET is spearheaded by the National Security Councils of both countries and focuses on strengthening the US-India partnership on the technologies that will drive global growth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Neftali Bennett, and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan would attend the first-of-its-kind virtual summit of the I2U2.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are set to meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for the Fourth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in December 2021.
The leaders are expected to exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific.
Briefing media about her visit, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that Sherman had an opportunity to engage substantively and constructively with some of the key interlocutors in New Delhi.
Green said he has been encouraged by the growing alliance between India and the United States since the resurgence of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in 2017, and his hope is that India remains central to President Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy.
The Biden administration's "over-the-horizon" strategy in Afghanistan is drawing serious questions from lawmakers and counterterrorism experts.
India is the only designated Major Defence Partner of the United States.
Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, observed that the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between India and US remains of key significance.
USISPF applauds India’s move to withdraw the retrospective tax amendment relating to tax on indirect transfers
In his commencement address to the Jindal University School of Banking and Finance, the former US Ambassador to India told young students that India has the youngest workforce in Asia.
The two-day online event from October 28 will be co-hosted by the US and India in partnership with the US Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of Indian Industry, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC)
India and the United States have increased their collaboration on counter narcotics regulation, data sharing and law enforcement to address the threat of illicit drugs.
A special flight from the US brought to Delhi the country's fifth consignment of medical aid comprising 545 oxygen concentrators. The second shipment of medical supplies from Ireland, included two oxygen generators, 548 oxygen concentrators, 365 ventilators and other medical equipment
A strong proponent of closer India-US ties since his days as a senator in the 1970s, US President-elect Joe Biden had played a key role in getting the approval of the Senate for the civil nuclear deal between the two countries in 2008.
Taranjit Singh Sandhu, present High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, will take charge as India's Ambassador to the United States, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who will now take charge as the Foreign Secretary, the government has informed.
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