Washington:
America is deepening its relationship with India in a number of key areas, a senior administration official mentioned Monday.
“India is a rustic wherein we’re deepening our relationships inside a lot of keyspaces, particularly because it pertains to deepening our financial ties, deepening our safety cooperation,” State Division Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel informed reporters at his day by day information convention.
“The president had the chance to briefly see Prime Minister Modi within the margins of the G7 a few weeks in the past,” he added.
Patel mentioned that he imagines there will likely be a lot of extra areas the place the 2 international locations might proceed to deepen cooperation.
“Nationwide Safety Adviser Sullivan simply had a go to to Delhi a lot of weeks in the past as effectively,” he mentioned.
Responding to a query on Pakistan, Patel, although he denounced terrorism, mentioned “in the end, that is between India and Pakistan.” “Broadly, after all, we welcome any international locations making extra constructive relations with their neighbours. However because it pertains to this particularly, I simply, I haven’t got something to supply,” he added.Â
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