Garcetti, while speaking at the ‘Impact & Innovation: 25 Years of Making Development a Ground Reality’ event in Delhi on Wednesday, said, “If you want to see the future, come to India.If you want to feel the future, come to India. If you want to work on the future, come to India. I have the great privilege of being able to do that every single day as the leader of the US Mission.”
Earlier, acknowledging the importance of collaboration, Garcetti said that the United States values its partnership with India. “We don’t come here to teach and preach. We come here to listen and learn,” he said, underscoring the mutual exchange of ideas and initiatives between the two nations.
Reflecting on recent conversations with US President Joe Biden, Garcetti disclosed Biden’s profound regard for India. “He (Biden) has said that privately. He told that to me,” Garcetti said recounting Biden’s affirmation of India’s paramount importance on the global stage.
The US national security advisor Jake Sullivan also highlighted the partnership between India and the United States saying that the countries have reached a new height with collaboration on technology and other fields. “The partnership between the US and India, a country in BRICS (bloc), has gone to new heights with an engagement across technology and security and so many other dimensions,” NSA Jake Sullivan told reporters at a White House news conference today.
(With inputs from agencies)