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As the world’s two oldest and largest democracies, the United States and India share a unique bond of friendship and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s visit will further deepen the partnership to create a safer and more prosperous Indo-Pacific, the White House has said.<\/p>\n
Sullivan is visiting New Delhi from June 17 to 18, in the first trip to India by a senior Biden administration official after the Modi government came to power for the third term.<\/p>\n
Sullivan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Monday.<\/p>\n
“As the world’s two oldest and largest democracies, the United States and India share a unique bond of friendship, and Mr Sullivan’s trip will further deepen the already strong US-India partnership to create a safer and more prosperous Indo-Pacific,\u201d John Kirby, White House National Security Communications Advisor told reporters at his daily news conference on Monday.<\/p>\n
In New Delhi, Kirby said, Sullivan will co-chair the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology, also known as iCET, a landmark partnership to expand strategic cooperation across key technology sectors including space, semiconductors, advanced telecommunications, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, biotechnology and clean energy.<\/p>\n
Kirby did not respond to questions on Indian national Nikhil Gupta who has been accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil and has been extradited to the US from the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
“I don’t have more to add on the conversations that Jake’s having. He’s still over there having these conversations. But the main focus of his visit, as I said, was to look for ways to deepen the US-India bilateral relationship, particularly when it comes to emerging technology,” he said.<\/p>\n
Gupta was produced before a federal court in New York on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
India has publicly said a high-level inquiry is looking into the evidence shared by the US in the alleged plot to kill Pannun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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