Prime Minister Modi and US President Joe Biden held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Quad meet in Tokyo.
“Mr Prime Minister, there is so much that our countries can and will do together. I'm committed to make the US-India a partnership among the closest we have on earth,” US President Joe Biden said. He added, that PM Modi's success has shown the world that democracies can deliver. At the meeting, Biden also hailed India's response to the pandemic.
“Our people-to-people ties and strong economic cooperation make India-US partnership unique. Our trade and investment relations are also steadily on the rise but they're below our potential,” Modi said. “I'm confident that with the conclusion of the US Investment Incentive Agreement we will see concrete progress in investment between our two countries,” the Prime Minister added.
“I am glad we're renewing the India-US vaccine programme,” Biden said. “I'm pleased that we've reached an agreement for US Development Finance Corporation to continue this imp work in India, supporting vaccine production, clean energy initiatives. I'm glad we're renewing the Indo-US Vaccine Action Program,” he added. The two leaders discussed Russia's unjustified invasion of Ukraine and the impact it would have in the global world order. “The US and India are going to continue to consult closely on how to mitigate these negative effects,” Biden said.
"India and US partnership in the true sense is a partnership of trust," says Modi said in his talks with Biden.
