Washington DC:
Ties between India and the US are “most vital” of all relationships within the twenty first century, in response to Congressman Mike Waltz, who has been named the Nationwide Safety Adviser by President-elect Donald Trump. Highlighting the importance, Mr Waltz, who’s the co-chair of the Congressional India Caucus, stated ties between India and America will “decide whether or not it is a century of sunshine or a century of darkness”.
The Congressman made these remarks at an occasion hosted by the US-India Strategic and Partnership Discussion board (USISPF) at Stanford College for the INDUSUSX Summit in September.
“The underside line is, for my part, this (US-India) is a very powerful relationship of the twenty first century. It will decide whether or not it is a century of sunshine or a century of darkness,” Mr Waltz stated in his video message to the summit, which he couldn’t attend because of his engagements within the election.
He additionally inspired additional collaboration between the 2 nations to keep up a free and open Indo-Pacific and shield India’s sovereignty, significantly alongside the Line of Management (LoC).
“Contemplate my workplace and my staff an open door to additional this relationship as we press ahead, and preserving the Indo-Pacific free and open and defending Indian sovereignty significantly on the Line of Management (LoC) and making certain that the world that we depart behind for our kids and grandchildren is according to our shared values,” he stated.
Mr Waltz additional emphasised that he was excited concerning the huge momentum within the partnership between the oldest and the biggest democracies on the planet. “Let’s hold the momentum (within the US-India relationship) going,” he stated.
He famous that rising momentum in US-India relations is obvious via initiatives like iCET and INDUS-X, and highlighted a number of areas of cooperation together with joint manufacturing of the Apache helicopter fuselages by Boeing and Tata, developments in ship restore, quantum computing, synthetic intelligence, and information administration – all of that are essential for each nations to advance within the twenty first century.
Mr Waltz visited India in August along with his co-chair Congressman Ro Khanna to take part within the Independence Day celebrations. In his speech, the Congressman additionally praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “unbelievable” deal with on the Pink Fort, and known as the Independence Day celebrations “a tremendous occasion.”