India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the US from December 24-29 to engage on discussions on major bilateral, regional and global issues. He will also scheduled to lead a conference of India’s consul Generals in the US.
According to a statement by the India‘s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), “He will be meeting counterparts to discuss key bilateral, regional and global issues. During the visit, EAM will also chair a conference of the Consul Generals of India in the USA.”
On December 19, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, emphasized the strong potential of the US-India partnership, highlighting the need to reduce tariffs and boosting trade and make it more fair and balance.
While speaking at an event hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) on Thursday, Ambassador Eric Garcetti stated, “We need, together, to lower tariffs, not to see them go up. We need, together, to increase trade and to make it more fair and equal. We need to, together, make sure that there’s training and talent that meets the needs of companies on both sides of the Indo-Pacific.”
Ambassador Eric Garcetti also stated, “We have to protect our trademarks and our intellectual property, and we have to make sure that transportation and infrastructure exists, for India to reach its goals more quickly, that is in the American interest, and vice versa, in the Indian interest as well. So let us renew our commitment to being more ambitious, to not settling for what is, and what is good, but reaching for what can be and what will be great.”
The US Ambassador Eric Garcetti also praised India’s workforce, describing it the “most extraordinary resource that humanity has on its planets.”
US Ambassador Eric Garcetti stated, “And to realise these ambitions, we must recommit ourselves to a mutual path of trust and transparency so that people know what to expect. India’s workforce, which numbers more than a billion people, is one of the most extraordinary resources that humanity has on its planet. They are builders, thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs. The Indian dream is the flip side of what we used to call the American truth. In some ways, you see it even more optimistically sometimes than our own country. And we can leave inspired when we work together about what’s possible.”
US Ambassador Eric Garcetti further urged for merging “American scientific and financial acumen” with “India’s grassroots ingenuity.” He stated, “The US and India can create ecosystems that tap into this human capital to merge American scientific strengths in research, our financial acumen and business strategy with Indians’ jugaad finding a solution to everything, your deep talent pools, your grassroots ingenuity and your readiness to scale solutions on a massive level.”