By PTI
WASHINGTON: The yr 2022 has been a exceptional and historic yr for the India-US relationship, high diplomats and consultants from either side really feel and are assured that 2023 could be a momentous yr for the ties between the world’s largest and oldest democracies that can decide the way forward for expertise and innovation.
During the yr, President Joe Biden met Prime Minister Narendra Modi twice – first on the sidelines of the Quad summit in Tokyo in May and second on the margins of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar additionally met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken right here in September and held productive discussions on the complete gamut of Indo-US relations and the way in which ahead.
“2022 saw further consolidation of the India-US bilateral partnership in the direction and vision set by Prime Minister Modi and President Biden,” India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, advised PTI because the yr involves an finish.
The depth of high-level engagements continued within the type of Quad and Bilateral Summits in Tokyo, the two+2 Ministerial Meeting in Washington DC, and visits by senior members of the Cabinet in each instructions, he stated.
The yr additionally noticed the decision of some outdated market entry points, the first-ever upkeep of a US Naval Ship in India, the Quad give attention to STEM, the signing of an Investment Incentive Agreement, the launch of Technology Innovation Hubs as a collaboration of the respective science businesses, file stage of commerce and investments, and so forth, stated Sandhu. “Our strategic convergences deepened, new initiatives like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) were launched while others such as I2U2 were strengthened,” Sandhu stated in response to a query.
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu concurred with Ambassador Sandhu’s tackle the bilateral ties, saying that he believes that the India-US relationship is likely one of the most consequential relationships on the earth. This relationship, he asserted, will decide whether or not Asia stays free and democratic. “It will determine the future of technology and innovation. And increasingly, it will determine whether we will be successful in combating climate change,” he stated.
“This has been a remarkable and historic year for our relations,” Lu advised PTI in response to a query.
“We have successfully worked in both countries to move beyond the acute phase of COVID-19 and supported millions of people around the world with innovative vaccines,” he stated.
“We have worked together in the Quad to launch the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness and the Partnership for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief. We launched the US-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment which is working to support entrepreneurship and mentoring of women business leaders,” he stated.
Observing that the bedrock of this relationship has at all times been the people-to-people relationship, the senior American diplomat stated greater than 1 million individuals journey forwards and backwards annually between the 2 nations. “This year we had a record number of Indian students studying in the United States, nearly 200,000. Our bilateral trade this year is on track to exceed last year’s record of USD 157 billion. This has been a very good year indeed,” Lu stated.
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According to Mukesh Aghi, president, and CEO of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum, 2022 was “a momentous year” for US-India relations, as the 2 nations celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations.
These 75 years symbolized a protracted journey that had humble beginnings from the Cold War period, lengthy earlier than India’s personal financial progress story, he famous. Today, the connection, which has been dubbed as an important strategic companion of the twenty first century, has moved lengthy past symbolic platitudes between the world’s oldest and largest democracy to strong engagements throughout commerce, defence, local weather, and expertise, Aghi stated.
Despite the pandemic, the bilateral commerce between India and the US crossed the USD 100 billion mark in 2021, and in 2022, official figures state that the general US-India bilateral commerce in items and companies reached a file USD 157 billion, a drastic enhance from the 2020 commerce figures, he stated.
“The year 2022 has seen deep collaboration between various ministries and not just between the key principals and the Foreign Minister and Secretary of State. On the finance side, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent visit to India and meeting with her counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman. On the energy front, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri recently worked with his counterpart, Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm on the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, and of course Minister Piyush Goyal and USTR Katherine Tai are in regular conversations on trade,” Aghi advised PTI.
Next yr goes to take the connection to a brand new stage.
“As we usher in 2023, I am confident that the bilateral relationship would cement even further to address the challenges of tomorrow, continuing to be a partnership for global good. India’s G-20 Presidency and the commonalities that India’s priorities as President have with the US will also be a significant factor in this,” Sandhu advised PTI when requested in regards to the India-US relationship in 2023.
Excited about what lies forward in 2023, Lu stated India has the G20 presidency for the primary time, and the United States seems ahead to working intently with India in any respect ranges of presidency in help of this necessary place.
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“This year we plan to move forward on intensive collaboration in the defence and clean energy fields. We have committed ourselves to support Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India efforts through more co-production of cutting-edge defence technologies in India,” Lu advised PTI.
“We are also working to provide the technology and financing to support the Prime Minister’s vision of 500 gigawatts of installed non-fossil fuel energy by 2030. We are collaborating in solar, wind, civilian nuclear, green hydrogen, and thermal energy projects. Together we can change the planet,” he stated.
“I am bullish about prospects for cooperation in the year ahead,” Lu stated.
In the yr 2023, Aghi stated the Russia-Ukraine battle will proceed to dominate international affairs as each Washington and New Delhi together with their G20 companions work to safe and stop escalating vitality costs and the scarcity arising from meals grains.
There can be room for synergy not simply in tech however area collaboration, as India and the US each have scientific prowess and with elevated privatization and a rising listing of unicorns in India, area tech startups might be a brand new engine of financial progress and scientific synergy, he stated.
“Most importantly, in 2023, India will be the President for the G20 summit. India’s G20 Presidency propels its role as an emerging leader in the global scenario. The leadership also gives a stronger voice to the challenges faced by the developing world as New Delhi leads the way with its increasingly growing economy,” he stated.
“India has already outlined priorities for G20 2023 pertaining to climate action, critical and emerging technologies, resilient supply chains, and vaccines. New Delhi can strive towards building an inclusive ecosystem with holistic mechanisms to address key global issues for the private sector,” Aghi stated.
WASHINGTON: The yr 2022 has been a exceptional and historic yr for the India-US relationship, high diplomats and consultants from either side really feel and are assured that 2023 could be a momentous yr for the ties between the world’s largest and oldest democracies that can decide the way forward for expertise and innovation.
During the yr, President Joe Biden met Prime Minister Narendra Modi twice – first on the sidelines of the Quad summit in Tokyo in May and second on the margins of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar additionally met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken right here in September and held productive discussions on the complete gamut of Indo-US relations and the way in which ahead.
“2022 saw further consolidation of the India-US bilateral partnership in the direction and vision set by Prime Minister Modi and President Biden,” India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, advised PTI because the yr involves an finish.
The depth of high-level engagements continued within the type of Quad and Bilateral Summits in Tokyo, the two+2 Ministerial Meeting in Washington DC, and visits by senior members of the Cabinet in each instructions, he stated.
The yr additionally noticed the decision of some outdated market entry points, the first-ever upkeep of a US Naval Ship in India, the Quad give attention to STEM, the signing of an Investment Incentive Agreement, the launch of Technology Innovation Hubs as a collaboration of the respective science businesses, file stage of commerce and investments, and so forth, stated Sandhu. “Our strategic convergences deepened, new initiatives like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) were launched while others such as I2U2 were strengthened,” Sandhu stated in response to a query.
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu concurred with Ambassador Sandhu’s tackle the bilateral ties, saying that he believes that the India-US relationship is likely one of the most consequential relationships on the earth. This relationship, he asserted, will decide whether or not Asia stays free and democratic. “It will determine the future of technology and innovation. And increasingly, it will determine whether we will be successful in combating climate change,” he stated.
“This has been a remarkable and historic year for our relations,” Lu advised PTI in response to a query.
“We have successfully worked in both countries to move beyond the acute phase of COVID-19 and supported millions of people around the world with innovative vaccines,” he stated.
“We have worked together in the Quad to launch the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness and the Partnership for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief. We launched the US-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment which is working to support entrepreneurship and mentoring of women business leaders,” he stated.
Observing that the bedrock of this relationship has at all times been the people-to-people relationship, the senior American diplomat stated greater than 1 million individuals journey forwards and backwards annually between the 2 nations. “This year we had a record number of Indian students studying in the United States, nearly 200,000. Our bilateral trade this year is on track to exceed last year’s record of USD 157 billion. This has been a very good year indeed,” Lu stated.
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According to Mukesh Aghi, president, and CEO of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum, 2022 was “a momentous year” for US-India relations, as the 2 nations celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations.
These 75 years symbolized a protracted journey that had humble beginnings from the Cold War period, lengthy earlier than India’s personal financial progress story, he famous. Today, the connection, which has been dubbed as an important strategic companion of the twenty first century, has moved lengthy past symbolic platitudes between the world’s oldest and largest democracy to strong engagements throughout commerce, defence, local weather, and expertise, Aghi stated.
Despite the pandemic, the bilateral commerce between India and the US crossed the USD 100 billion mark in 2021, and in 2022, official figures state that the general US-India bilateral commerce in items and companies reached a file USD 157 billion, a drastic enhance from the 2020 commerce figures, he stated.
“The year 2022 has seen deep collaboration between various ministries and not just between the key principals and the Foreign Minister and Secretary of State. On the finance side, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent visit to India and meeting with her counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman. On the energy front, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri recently worked with his counterpart, Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm on the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, and of course Minister Piyush Goyal and USTR Katherine Tai are in regular conversations on trade,” Aghi advised PTI.
Next yr goes to take the connection to a brand new stage.
“As we usher in 2023, I am confident that the bilateral relationship would cement even further to address the challenges of tomorrow, continuing to be a partnership for global good. India’s G-20 Presidency and the commonalities that India’s priorities as President have with the US will also be a significant factor in this,” Sandhu advised PTI when requested in regards to the India-US relationship in 2023.
Excited about what lies forward in 2023, Lu stated India has the G20 presidency for the primary time, and the United States seems ahead to working intently with India in any respect ranges of presidency in help of this necessary place.
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“This year we plan to move forward on intensive collaboration in the defence and clean energy fields. We have committed ourselves to support Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India efforts through more co-production of cutting-edge defence technologies in India,” Lu advised PTI.
“We are also working to provide the technology and financing to support the Prime Minister’s vision of 500 gigawatts of installed non-fossil fuel energy by 2030. We are collaborating in solar, wind, civilian nuclear, green hydrogen, and thermal energy projects. Together we can change the planet,” he stated.
“I am bullish about prospects for cooperation in the year ahead,” Lu stated.
In the yr 2023, Aghi stated the Russia-Ukraine battle will proceed to dominate international affairs as each Washington and New Delhi together with their G20 companions work to safe and stop escalating vitality costs and the scarcity arising from meals grains.
There can be room for synergy not simply in tech however area collaboration, as India and the US each have scientific prowess and with elevated privatization and a rising listing of unicorns in India, area tech startups might be a brand new engine of financial progress and scientific synergy, he stated.
“Most importantly, in 2023, India will be the President for the G20 summit. India’s G20 Presidency propels its role as an emerging leader in the global scenario. The leadership also gives a stronger voice to the challenges faced by the developing world as New Delhi leads the way with its increasingly growing economy,” he stated.
“India has already outlined priorities for G20 2023 pertaining to climate action, critical and emerging technologies, resilient supply chains, and vaccines. New Delhi can strive towards building an inclusive ecosystem with holistic mechanisms to address key global issues for the private sector,” Aghi stated.
