US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Sunday highlighted that US-India relations have reached new heights due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden. Garcetti and his family met PM Modi on Sunday and said the two leaders have made record-breaking achievements in various areas including visas, trade, defense cooperation, space cooperation, student exchanges and investments.
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Garcetti expressed his gratitude to PM Modi and the people of India for the warm hospitality during his last visit to India. He emphasized that the US-India partnership has become indispensable and will continue to grow stronger in the years to come.
“What was considered unimaginable a generation ago will now seem inevitable a generation later, thanks to the work of these leaders and the people of our nation. Thank you Prime Minister and thank you to all Indians. Helping is a daily pleasure,” he said. Said, “Write this chapter together with you.”
It was very nice to have the last glimpse of PM Modi with my family. It is clear that he and President Biden have taken our compelling and productive US-India partnership to new heights – record visas, record trade, record defense cooperation, record space cooperation, record students,… pic.twitter.com/oHCbZBwX3v
– US Ambassador Eric Garcetti (@USAmbIndia) 19 January 2025
While attending the inauguration ceremony of the US Consulate office in Bengaluru on Friday, Garcetti said that this is not a new presence of the US in India, but they are expanding their presence.
“We are not starting a new presence here in Karnataka, but we are expanding our existing presence here, a commitment that the United States also makes to this great state and city in this wonderful nation. And all our honorable Thank you to the dignitaries,” she said.
The US Ambassador also highlighted the rich history of US-India relations dating back to 1776, when the US opened its second Consulate in Kolkata, India. He said the recent opening of the US Consulate office in Bengaluru marks an expansion of the US presence in India rather than a new beginning.
“We’ve been talking about this for a long time, right? Let’s start together to make sure that this start plants a seed that will flourish for decades to come. You know, in India Our relationship is not new. Many Americans do not do this.” I don’t know, and very few Indians know that our second Consulate in the world was here in India. After the independence of a new America in 1776, we opened a consulate in Lyon, France, and then another in Kolkata. Then the importance of India for a new American Since then, we have created 5 posts, if you count our commercial offices including here and in Ahmedabad, it is now the second largest US mission in the world and it produces the most students “We are breaking records every year, record staff, record visas, record students, record military exercises, record engagement from sea level to space,” he said.
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