US State Secretary Antony Blinken hails PM Modi, says his policies benefited people and allies
World Economic Forum. ALSO READ: PM Modi says India-US ties 'mature and stable' amid Khalistani separatist's murder plot claims Blinken said the policies and programmes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been very beneficial to the people of India. According to PTI, the US official was replying to a question on whether the rise of Hindu nationalism concerns India despite the country's robust economic growth and infrastructure building under the Modi regime.
Blinken said US President Joe Biden and PM Modi enjoy excellent relations and their conversations cover all aspects. He added the India-US conversation always underscores the significance of democracy and human rights. "We also see our relationship between our countries that is in a new place at a new level.
That's been a very deliberate effort by both the Prime Minister and President Biden. At the same time, a constant and regular part of our conversation is the conversation about democracy and about human rights," Blinken was quoted by ANI as saying. He added, "When President (Biden) took office, he wanted to make sure that we put back into our foreign policy…We do it in different ways in different places.
Because of the nature of relationship, we have with the country, with the government, it's part of very sustain, very real conversation and the conversation that we have off course produces positive change." ALSO READ: From 'It's complicated' to 'Dating': US ambassador Eric Garcetti on India-America ties According to the report, Blinken also commented on the recent Taiwan presidential elections and reaffirmed US support for the status quo of the island country. He said, “We see a very powerful affirmation of democracy. We congratulated the people of Taiwan.
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