Washington: India and the US are the largest democracy in the world and both countries are committed to facing the toughest challenges together, said President Joe Biden after a direct meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House.
The second meeting of the leader at the Oval Office of the White House on Friday lasted for more than 90 minutes, instead of being 60 minutes scheduled.
“This morning, I held Modi Prime Minister at the White House when we launched a new chapter in the history of the US-Indian bond.
Our two countries are the largest democracy in the world, and we are committed to facing the toughest challenges we face – together,” said Biden in Tweet together with hand shake with Modi.
Prime Minister Modi said he had a “extraordinary” meeting with the US Biden President.
“His leadership is about critical global problems commendable.
We discuss how India and the US will reduce cooperation in different fields and work together to overcome the main challenges such as Covid-19 and climate change,” he said.
Then when preparing the media, the foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that the two leaders recognized that a comprehensive global strategic partnership between two countries was very docked in a joint commitment to democratic values ​​and general strategic interests.
“It is a meeting marked by warmth and friendliness.
It was productive and on time,” he said.
Noting that the discussion was broad, he said that the two leaders emphasized fighting the Covid-19 crisis and giving each other’s briefing in the experience of facing a pandemic.
Shringla said the prime minister revealed thanks for the solidarity shown by the US government and people in the United States when India had a second wave of crisis, and India’s support received for that time.
“President Biden appreciated the role of India as a country that expanded assistance to countries around the world, including through pharmaceuticals and vaccines,” he said.
Biden was also very impressed with the government’s approach and the steps taken by the Indian government to deal with the second wave and recovery rate, Shringla said.
“Recovery injections are something commented on very well by President Biden,” he said.
President Biden, during a discussion of the vaccine, appreciated the decision of the Indian government to continue the export of vaccines in October.
He said that the US itself announced a significant increase in their own vaccine distribution.
This also appeared during the Quad Summit, he said.
Basically, there is a feeling that the Indian vaccine, which has quality, affordable, which will also be improved significantly, will make a difference in terms of vaccine availability and deal with vaccine inequalities in developing countries, in particular, Shringla is said.
Then on fact sheets, the White House said the United States and India are committed to the values ​​of freedom, pluralism, openness, and respect for human rights.