Modi, Obama talk shop, vow to chalein saath saath
2 Oct 2014 5:28 AM IST
India supports trade facilitation. However, I also expect that we are able to find a solution that takes care of our concern on food security. I believe that it should be possible to do that soon,’ Modi said.
Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that he has urged Barack Obama to take steps that would help Indian service companies get access to the US economy. ‘I told Obama to open means of access for Indian companies in US markets,’ he said at a joint press interaction after their summit-level talks here. Both sides had had an ‘open discussion on the WTO issue,’ he said.
Modi said he had conveyed that while India supported trade facilitation, a solution needed to be found that would take care of India’s food security issues. Modi also said he has invited US president Barack Obama and his family to visit India at an early date.
He said that US defence firms are welcome to participate in India and that both India and US have agreed to deepen their security and defence cooperation.
Addressing a joint press conference with US president Barack Obama, he said that both sides discussed security and defence issues during their summit-level talks and agreed to deepen ties in this field.
Modi said that they had also discussed climate change and agreed to cooperate in that field and on Afghanistan and the Ebola virus disease crisis.
He said they discussed terrorism in detail and agreed to intensify their cooperation in counter-terror cooperations and intelligence sharing.
On international issues, both sides found grounds of convergence and discussed peace and security in the Asia-Pacific and India’s ‘Look East and Link West’ policy, Modi said. On Afghanistan, both agreed to continue to help the violence-hit nation and agreed on the need to coordinate more in that field. On the outbreak of Ebola crisis in west Africa, both agreed that it was an issue of great crisis. Modi informed Obama that India has given $12 million to fight the virus outbreak.
On Tuesday, both leaders vowed to ‘chalein saath saath - together we go forward’ with a new agenda to realise the full potential of a renewed US-India partnership for the 21st century.
‘As nations, we’ve partnered over the decades to deliver progress to our people... Still, the true potential of our relationship has yet to be fully realised,’ they said in a joint op-ed piece published on the Washington Post website.
‘The advent of a new government in India is a natural opportunity to broaden and deepen our relationship,’ the two leaders wrote ahead of their bilateral summit to reboot a stalled relationship.
Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that he has urged Barack Obama to take steps that would help Indian service companies get access to the US economy. ‘I told Obama to open means of access for Indian companies in US markets,’ he said at a joint press interaction after their summit-level talks here. Both sides had had an ‘open discussion on the WTO issue,’ he said.
Modi said he had conveyed that while India supported trade facilitation, a solution needed to be found that would take care of India’s food security issues. Modi also said he has invited US president Barack Obama and his family to visit India at an early date.
He said that US defence firms are welcome to participate in India and that both India and US have agreed to deepen their security and defence cooperation.
Addressing a joint press conference with US president Barack Obama, he said that both sides discussed security and defence issues during their summit-level talks and agreed to deepen ties in this field.
Modi said that they had also discussed climate change and agreed to cooperate in that field and on Afghanistan and the Ebola virus disease crisis.
He said they discussed terrorism in detail and agreed to intensify their cooperation in counter-terror cooperations and intelligence sharing.
On international issues, both sides found grounds of convergence and discussed peace and security in the Asia-Pacific and India’s ‘Look East and Link West’ policy, Modi said. On Afghanistan, both agreed to continue to help the violence-hit nation and agreed on the need to coordinate more in that field. On the outbreak of Ebola crisis in west Africa, both agreed that it was an issue of great crisis. Modi informed Obama that India has given $12 million to fight the virus outbreak.
On Tuesday, both leaders vowed to ‘chalein saath saath - together we go forward’ with a new agenda to realise the full potential of a renewed US-India partnership for the 21st century.
‘As nations, we’ve partnered over the decades to deliver progress to our people... Still, the true potential of our relationship has yet to be fully realised,’ they said in a joint op-ed piece published on the Washington Post website.
‘The advent of a new government in India is a natural opportunity to broaden and deepen our relationship,’ the two leaders wrote ahead of their bilateral summit to reboot a stalled relationship.
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