Joe Biden plans to strengthen partnership between two nations India-Us
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US-President-elect Joe Biden, who has a track record of backing stronger
India-US ties, deems the partnership between the two nations as the
defining relationship of the 21st-century.
Planning to further strengthen ties (between the two countries),
Biden, 77 also believes that there is a lot of scope in bilateral trade.
The US-President-elect had set a goal of taking the bilateral trade to
$500 billion when the former vice-president travelled to India.
The current trade between the two nations is a little over $150 billion.
Biden, who triumphed over incumbent US President Donald Trump
in a closely-fought presidential election, will be the 46th President
of the United States.
The Democrat had in the past,
as well as during his election
campaign, expressed his views on
India-US relationship in myriad ways.
He also took a strong objection to a remark made by President
Donald Trump during the final presidential debate in which he
described the air in India as "filthy."
"President Trump called India 'filthy'. It's not how you talk about
friends and it's not how you solve global challenges like climate
change," Biden said in a tweet, two days after Trump during a
presidential debate accused China, India and Russia of not taking
care of their "filthy" air.
"Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India.
The air is filthy," Trump had said during the debate.
"Kamala Harris and I deeply value our partnership and will put
respect back at the centre of our foreign policy," Biden said
Saturday as he retweeted his op-ed in the latest issue of ethnic
India West weekly.
"We'll continue to value the US-India relationship. For Donald Trump,
it's photo-ops. For me, it's getting things done," Biden said in his
op-ed, in which he reflected on his track record of India-US ties.
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"Fifteen years ago, I was leading the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee with Republican Dick Lugar to approve the historic
Civil Nuclear Deal between our nations and advance our technology
sharing and defence cooperation. At the time, I said if the United States
and India became closer friends, then the world will be a safer place,"
he wrote.
Biden said seven years ago, as vice president,
he told business leaders in Mumbai that the US-India partnership was
the defining relationship of the 21st Century. "The Obama-Biden years
were some of the best we've ever had between our two countries.
A Biden-Harris Administration will build on that great progress
and do even more. We can and should be natural allies," he wrote.
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"That's why if elected President, I will continue what I have
long called for: The US and India will stand together against terrorism
in all its forms and work together to promote a region of peace and
stability where neither China nor any other country threatens its
neighbours. We'll open markets and grow the middle class in both the
United States and India, and confront other international challenges
together, like climate change, global health, transnational terrorism
and nuclear proliferation," Biden said.
"We will meet every challenge together as we strengthen both
democracies-fair and free elections, equality under the law,
freedom of expression and religion, and the boundless strength
both nations' draw from our diversity. These core principles
have endured throughout each nations' histories and will continue
to be the source of our strength in the future," he stated.
