PM Modi talks trade, vaccines with Joe Biden; says ‘India-US partnership is that of trust’

Tokyo, May 24: Hours after the second in-person Quad summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US president Joe Biden held a bilateral meeting and decided to remain committed to building strong bilateral ties between India and US.

 

 

After the meeting, Biden said that he is committed to making America's partnership with India among the closest on earth.

 

Meanwhile, PM Modi said India and US partnership is a partnership of trust in a true sense. PM Modi also said that India and the US share similar views on Indo-Pacific, at the bilateral level as well as with like-minded countries to work to protect our common concerns. "Our discussions today will give speed to this positive momentum," he added.

 

“It’s always a pleasure to meet you and today we also participated in a very useful Quad summit. Our common interests have indeed strengthened the mutual trust between the two countries. We are expanding our financial and trade ties but still, they are well below the potential,” the prime minister underscored.

 

 

 

“I'm confident that with the conclusion of the US Investment Incentive Agreement, we will see concrete progress in investment between our two countries. We are also increasing bilateral cooperation in terms of technology and other areas,” he added.

 

“Prime Minister, there is so much that our countries can and will do together. I'm committed to making the US-India partnership among the closest we have on earth,” Biden told the prime minister. The bilateral meeting was held on the sidelines of the summit.

 

After the meeting, Biden said that he and PM Modi discussed Russia's invasion of Ukraine "and the effect it has on the entire global world order."

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