Top US officials laud growing strategic relations between India-US; credit diaspora, EAM Jaishankar
India-US ties one of the most defining partnerships, several top Biden administration officials praised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's commitment to this bond, calling him the «architect» of modern US-India relations.
These accolades came during a special reception hosted by India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in honor of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
The event was attended by notable figures from the Biden administration, including US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma, President Biden's domestic policy advisor Neera Tanden, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta, and Director of the National Science Foundation Dr.
Sethuraman Panchanathan.
Jaishankar who is on a visit to the US from September 22-30 during which he addressed the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and in Washington the EAM met with several top US officials including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Ambassador Katherine Tai and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Veteran diplomat Richard Verma emphasized the role of hard-working Indian Americans who have built the US-India ties and said, «It's one of the most consequential relationships of this century. Do we have disagreements? You bet.
Will we have bumps in the road? Of course. But two close friends aligned with these shared values, bonded together by the great ideas of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King...this is a partnership with staying power, with real impact, and that will continue to have an outside influence in the world.»
The former envoy also praised Jaishankar as the architect behind the modern
