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US wants to be India's 'best friend': VP Joe Biden
India and the US kicked off a crucial dialogue here with the US leaders saying America wants to be "India's best friend" and India asserting that their relationship is defined by natural synergy of democracies.
The assertions were made at a business conclave Monday on the eve of the first Strategic and Commercial Dialogue that would set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third summit meeting with President Barack Obama within a year next week.
"Our goal is to become India's best friend," US Vice President Joe Biden said addressing the 40th Leadership summit of US-India Business Council (USIBC), the largest bilateral trade association in the US comprised of 300 top US and a score Indian companies.
"The President and I, and the entire administration believe that the India-US relationship will be a relationship that will go a long way in defining the 21st century," he said.
Read more at: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/502203/us-wants-indias-friend-vp.html
India and the US kicked off a crucial dialogue here with the US leaders saying America wants to be "India's best friend" and India asserting that their relationship is defined by natural synergy of democracies.
The assertions were made at a business conclave Monday on the eve of the first Strategic and Commercial Dialogue that would set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third summit meeting with President Barack Obama within a year next week.
"Our goal is to become India's best friend," US Vice President Joe Biden said addressing the 40th Leadership summit of US-India Business Council (USIBC), the largest bilateral trade association in the US comprised of 300 top US and a score Indian companies.
"The President and I, and the entire administration believe that the India-US relationship will be a relationship that will go a long way in defining the 21st century," he said.
Read more at: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/502203/us-wants-indias-friend-vp.html
