US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi ahead of his scheduled US visit next week and discussed issues of mutual concern.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that Sullivan briefed Modi on the progress in various sectors of bilateral cooperation and conveyed that the US President Joe Biden is looking forward to welcome Modi who is scheduled to visit the US on June 22.
“PM expressed satisfaction at the growing and deepening Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between India and the US,” the statement said.
The Indian PM also said that he is looking forward to an engaging conversation with Biden on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual concern.
Earlier today, Sullivan who arrived in New Delhi earlier today on a two-day official visit met his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval for restricted discussions on regional and global issues of mutual concern.
They also attended the second dialogue on India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Modi and Biden had launched India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies on the side lines of the QUAD Summit in Tokyo in May 2022.
The first dialogue was organised by the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. in January 2023.
Both the NSAs appealed to participants including leading representatives of academia and industry to strive for partnerships helpful for co-development and co-production of high technology products and services in India and the US.
Source: Kuwait News Agency