Sergio Gor, the US Ambassador-designate, received Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, with this being a significant diplomatic activity with Gor taking office of the new role of enhancing India-US relations.
It Is the first high level contact of Sergio Gor who has just been confirmed as the next American ambassador to India. The talks between Gor and Prime Minister Modi centered on important bilateral matters, which encompassed defence cooperation, trade and technology as well as the strategic significance of critical minerals to both countries. The get-together highlights the efforts of Washington to renew the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership in the face of trade tensions.
In the encounter, the Prime Minister was given a signed picture of the US President Donald Trump and Mrs. Ambassador Gor at the White House. The gift had a personal note of president Trump to prime minister Modi highlighting the strong friendship between the two leaders: Mr Prime Minister, you are great. Gor observed that President Trump views Modi as a personal friend and great friend, which helps to strengthen the hopes on the positive progress in bilateral relations.
The talks of Gor with Modi were among a series of meetings with some of the senior Indian officials such as the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Such discussions covered mutual interests of the India-US collaboration- particularly in the fields of trade, technology, security and minerals. The conversation occurs amidst challenging time in the trade relationship such as recent tariff hikes by the US on Indian exports.
Prime minister Modi was also optimistic that the tenure of ambassador Gor was going to take the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between the US and India further. Regardless of trade tensions, the two leaders have given a positive signal of solving outstanding issues due to recent discussions and continued talks to have a bilateral trade agreement.
The meeting marked the resurgence of diplomacy, the friendship on the top level, and the vision of the improvement of the strategic cooperation between India and the United States.
