PM Modi In US: Indo-American Ties Important For Entire World, Says President Biden At Meet With CEOs

At the hi-tech handshake event, organised for PM Narendra Modi, with top CEOs of the US and India Joe Biden said that ties between the two nations were crucial for every country in the world.

US President Joe Biden and PM Modi at the White House on Thursday.

Source : PTI

US President Joe Biden on Friday said that India-US ties were important not just for the two nations, but for the whole world. At the hi-tech handshake event, organised for PM Narendra Modi, with top CEOs of the US and India at the White House, President Joe Biden said: "Our cooperation matters, not just for our own people but quite frankly to the whole world as our partnership is about more than the next breakthrough or the next deal as big as they may be."

"It is about taking climate change, about tackling, about exploring the universe, about lifting people out of poverty, preventing pandemics & giving our citizens real opportunity," he added. "Our countries are taking innovation and cooperation to a new level,” he added.

PM Modi said that the coming together of talent and technology guarantees a take brighter future for both countries. ""This morning is only among a few friends but has brought with it the guarantee of a bright future. This is an opportunity to combine President Biden's vision and power and India's aspirations and potential for moving ahead."

 

Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden, top CEOs and chairmen from the US and India were at the White House. Among those present were Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Reliance Industries Chairman & MD Mukesh Ambani, and Zerodha & True Beacon Co-Founder Nikhil Kamath, reported news agency ANI.

 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised a toast "to the shared hopes of the US and India" and said: "Whether we call it the American dream or the Indian dream... Our people believe profoundly in opportunity. No matter who we are or where we come from, we can make something more of ourselves..."

 

 

Blinken said that India is part of the daily lives of Americans. "We enjoy our Jhumpa Lahiri's novels over samosas. We laugh at the comedies of Mindy Kaling. We dance to the beats of Diljit at Coachella. We keep ourselves more or less fit and healthy doing Yoga," he said.