Secretary Blinken hails India as an ‘Extraordinary Success’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday lauded India as an “extraordinary success story” during his address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday lauded India as an “extraordinary success story” during his address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024. Secretary Blinken was addressing the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024.

He also highlighted the positive influence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies and programs on the Indian populace.

Emphasizing on the strong rapport between US President Joe Biden and PM Modi, Secretary Blinken said that their discussions span a wide range of topics, including the robust ties between the United States and India.

India and United States enjoy a comprehensive global strategic partnership covering
almost all areas of human endeavor, driven by shared democratic values, convergence of
interests on a range of issues, and vibrant people-to-people contacts.

There is regular high-level interaction between PM Modi and President Biden. The respective leaders had several bilateral meetings and met on sidelines of multilateral events. PM’s Modi’s interactions with President Biden includes:

• G7 and Quad Leaders Summit, 20 May 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan
• Telephonic conversation on 14 February 2023
• Virtual Summit for Democracy on 29 March 2023
• Sidelines of G20 Summit in Bali on 15 November 2022
• G7 Summit in Germany on 27 June 2022.
• Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo, Japan on 24 May 2022 including a bilateral meeting.

India and US share cooperation in defence, security, counter terrorism, cyber security, trade and economic relations and more. For eg: The India-US Cyber Framework was signed in September 2016. India-U.S. Cyber Dialogue was held in Washington D.C. in September 2022, led by the respective DNSAs. India also participated in the U.S. led Counter Ransomware Initiatives meeting in Washington D.C. in November 2022.