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India, US indispensable partners in promoting peace in region

India, US indispensable partners in promoting peace in region

TIL Desk World/Washington-Confident of further advancement of partnership between India and the US, a top official of the Obama administration today said every future US government should continue with the joint strategic vision of the two countries being “indispensable partners in promoting peace, prosperity and stability in the region”.

Jeff Zients, Director of the National Economic Council, said the US-India partnership has never been stronger but the two countries still need to do much better given the size of their economies.

“With President (Barack) Obama s visit to India during India s Republic Day celebration and Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi s visit to the White House last June and historic address in Congress, it s easy to see the strong friendship between our two countries.

“Over the past seven-and-a-half years, our cooperation has strengthened in every field from developing life-saving solutions for infectious diseases to strengthening humanitarian and disaster relief,” Zients told in an interview ahead of his visit to India.

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