Washington. Outgoing US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan said that the level at which India-US relations are today is an important achievement of the Biden administration. He also acknowledged that there have been ups and downs in relations with India, such as over the issue of an alleged conspiracy to murder an American citizen by an Indian government official. Sullivan told reporters during a roundtable meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House that I think the US-India relationship is where it is today is an important achievement of this (Biden) administration.
The overall state of relations and integration among our allies and partners in the (Indo-Pacific) region … we are passing on to the next administration.” Sullivan returned from New Delhi earlier this week. During his visit to India, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. He denied any US role in regime change in Bangladesh. Sullivan expressed hope that the case of the alleged attempt to assassinate Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu will continue even during the new US government.
The US NSA said in response to a question, “We had to move forward after the fact that an attempt was made to assassinate an American citizen.” We have worked on that…” On the ups and downs in India-US relations in the last four years, Sullivan said, ”In any relationship, in any friendship, on issues of trade and economics. , or there will be disagreements over the wording of the G20 declaration, and we will have to work to compromise and come up with solutions.” He said, ”But honestly, I would say the relationship actually went from strength to strength over the four years .
