US Senators vow to strengthen ties with India

US Senators Mark Warner and John Cornyn have reiterated their commitment to give a further push to India-US relations.At a Congressional reception in honour of Indian Ambassador Arun K Singh, the two Senators, who are the Democratic and Republican co-chairs of the Senate India Caucus, spoke of the strong bipartisan support for US-India partnership on Capitol Hill.

The event was attended by a number of Senators, senior officials of the Obama administration, leaders of the Indian-American community and members of the think tank community.US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal, recapitulating the successful back-to-back bilateral summits over the past year, reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that the strong, bipartisan India-US relationship benefits not just their citizens, but the whole world. India’s rise is in US’ interest, and a strong US is in India’s interest, she said.

Ambassador Singh complimented the Senate Caucus for its important contributions to bring the people and Governments of the two countries closer. He termed the bipartisan support for India-US relations in the US Congress a source of strength for the strategic partnership between the two countries.