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NATION SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 | The Indian Eye 8

PM M DI VISITS US

India-US relations take a giant leap forward

Indian Prime Minister and US President Biden reaffirm commitment to comprehensive strategic

partnership; US and India will continue to deepen their military partnership

OUR BUREAU
Washington, DC

fter the significant state visit of 2023, Prime
Minister Modi’s visit to the United States for
Athe Quad Leaders’ Summit and the United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September
21 has been pivotal in strengthening the strategy
partnership.
President Biden and Prime Minister Modi re-
affirmed that the US-India Comprehensive Global
and Strategic Partnership is the defining partner-
ship of the 21st century.
“During the Quad Summit and bilateral dis-
cussion, President Biden and Prime Minister Modi
have underscored the shared interests that both
democracies share. However, it’s important to ele-
vate and expand those interests to shared priorities
to address the urgent challenges of the 21st cen-
tury,” the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum
(USISPF) said in a statement.
“In a short timeframe, we have witnessed tre-
mendous progress as the US-India Major Defence
Partnership continues to be a vital pillar of security
in the Indo-Pacific region,” the statement added.
The defence partnership has been fructified
with the success of the initiative on Critical and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida
Emerging Technology (iCET) and subsequently ahead of the Quad Leaders’ Summit, at Wilmington in Delaware (ANI)
with the India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosys-
tem (INDUS-X). vate sector researchers, all of which will tie in to The IPEF aims to boost cooperation on trade,
These have been crucial in deepening and advance the “Innovation Handshake.” supply chains, and clean energy. The 14 IPE part-
expanding strategic cooperation across key tech- PM Modi’s recent visits to Ukraine and Po- ners represent 40 per cent of global GDP and 28
nology sectors, including space, semiconductors, land and India’s leadership at the G20 Summit per cent of global goods and services trade.
artificial intelligence, quantum, biotechnology, and show that Washington acknowledges New Delhi’s India will be opening two new consulates in
advanced telecommunications, as evinced by the role as both a voice for the Global South and one the U.S., one in Boston and another in Los Ange-
Prime Minister’s roundtable with tech CEOs. that can build bridges and de-escalate tensions, a les, adding to the recent addition in Seattle.
According to the statement, “The plans to es- much-needed approach at the moment. “This signifies the strength of the diaspora in
tablish a new semiconductor fabrication will rejig In line with the Quad vision, both the United the United States and the need to increase dip-
India’s manufacturing potential, boost the high- States and India will continue to deepen their mili- lomatic engagement in different corridors of the
tech sector, strengthen national security and sup- tary partnership and interoperability to maintain a country. What was evinced during Prime Minister
ply chains, and attract American investors.” free and open Indo-Pacific. Modi’s recent visit was the euphoria of the dias-
Ahead of Climate Week, the United States and Washington and New Delhi’s joint efforts, from pora, the unrelenting optimism from both govern-
India’s partnership is vital in helping India realise procurement of drone technology to jet engine man- ments in the partnership, and the depth and bonds
its Net Zero goals by 2070, propelling the vision ufacturing to Javelin and Stryker systems in India, of friendship in the people-to-people engage-
for a clean economy and mitigating the disasters of are vital in increased operational coordination, infor- ment,” the USIPF said.
climate change. mation-sharing, and defence industrial innovation. “As we bid adieu to President Biden, USISPF
The success of Chandrayaan-3 in 2023 has Increased bilateral and tri-service exercises in would like to thank the 46th President and com-
paved the way for a more strategic and deeper the Tiger Triumph and Yudh Abhyas exercises are mend the commander-in-chief for strengthening
space collaboration between NASA and ISRO to vital for both sides in strengthening defence ties bilateral ties. In what is certain to be his last meet-
conduct further scientific research onboard the In- and maintaining global security and peace. ing with Prime Minister Modi as a sitting President,
ternational Space Station in 2025. Both leaders have welcomed New Delhi’s sig- it’s clear, that whoever occupies the White House
The priorities are towards development eco- nature and ratification of the agreements under in January 2025, will continue to build on the stra-
systems, as both countries have facilitated joint Pillar III, and Pillar IV, of the overarching Agree- tegic partnership and prioritise the Indo-Pacific as
research opportunities between their leading sci- ment on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework central to Washington’s geostrategic vision,” the
entific institutions, national laboratories, and pri- for Prosperity (IPEF). USIPF further said.

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