India, US explore trade, defence and technology partnerships during meetings

Indias Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra met US Senator Steve Daines and discussed current bilateral trade engagement signing of the 10year defence framework agreement and opportunities for collaboration in technology and innovation between the two nationsIn a statement shared on Thursday Kwatra thanked Daines who is also a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his strong support in strengthening ties between the two nationsIt was an honor to meet Senator Steve Daines esteemed member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thanked the Senator for his strong support to strengthening the IndiaUS ties We had an enriching conversation on the current bilateral trade engagement signing of 10 year defence framework agreement and opportunities of collaboration in technology and innovation between our countries Appreciate his leadership in steering the priorities of our bilateral relationship in the US Senate he posted on XOn Wednesday Kwatra stated that he hosted US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur at India House and held discussions on shared priorities and strengthening bilateral tiesIn a post on X he wrote Delighted to host Assistant Secretary Paul Kapur at India House Had an engaging discussion on shared priorities and strengthening the IndiaUS Bilateral RelationsKapur thanked Kwatra for hosting him at India House In a post on X the US State Departments Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs stated Thank you Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra for graciously hosting me at India House last night Appreciated the opportunity to discuss shared bilateral and regional priorities including strengthening the USIndia relationship AS Paul KapurOn Tuesday the White House said that US President Donald Trump has great respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that the two leaders speak pretty frequentlyWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt while responding to a question on IndiaUS ties on Tuesday said that Trump feels very positive and strongly about the bilateral relationship I know the President has great respect for Prime Minister Modi and they speak pretty frequentlyShe also highlighted last monthrsquos Diwali event at the White House and the appointment of Sergio Gor as the next US Ambassador as evidence of the US Presidentrsquos commitment to the relationship with IndiaHe recently a few weeks back spoke to the Prime Minister directly when he celebrated Diwali in the Oval Office with many highranking Indian American officials here at the White House We have a great US Ambassador to India in Mr Sergio Gor who will represent our country very well she notedOn October 21 Trump hosted a special Diwali event at the White House where he termed Prime Minister Modi ldquoa great personrdquo and said he loves ldquothe people of IndiardquoThe event was attended by Kwatra Gor FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Leading business leaders from the Indian diaspora were also part of the celebrationsOn the trade negotiations Leavitt revealed that Trump and his team are in very serious discussions with the Indian sideThe President and his trade team continue to be in very serious discussions with India with respect to that topic she addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever