India-US strategic partnership by no means been extra dynamic, says Blinken days after G20

The strategic relationship between India and the US has by no means been so dynamic as they workforce up on every little thing from superior semiconductors to defence cooperation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated.

Speaking days after India efficiently hosted the G20 Summit and President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks in New Delhi, Blinken stated that each India and the US will profit from a number of collaborations they’ve entered into.

“The US-India strategic partnership has by no means been extra dynamic, as we workforce up on every little thing from superior semiconductors to defence cooperation,” Blinken said on Wednesday in his remarks on “Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) here.

Blinken said the Biden administration has elevated the Quad partnership with India, Japan, and Australia to deliver for the countries and the world on everything from manufacturing vaccines to strengthening maritime security to addressing climate challenges.

In November 2017, the four nations gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the “Quad” to develop a brand new technique to preserve the important sea routes within the Indo-Pacific freed from any affect.

“And just this past week at the G20, President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi announced another ambitious transportation, energy, and technology corridor that will connect the ports of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy, and the EU will team up with the US and India to turbocharge clean energy production, and digital connectivity, and strengthen critical supply chains across the region,” Blinken stated.

The new financial hall, which many see as an alternative choice to China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), was collectively introduced final week by the leaders of the US, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi.

BRI, an formidable venture launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping, has additionally drawn criticism about its debt sustainability, particularly from smaller international locations.

Xi unveiled the BRI in 2013 with an goal to hyperlink China, the worldwide manufacturing large, with Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Gulf area, Africa and Europe with a community of land and sea routes.

Edited By:

Manisha Pandey

Published On:

Sep 14, 2023