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US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said progress in defense partnership, important emerging technologies and economic prosperity can be achieved when an "ambitious India" works with an "ambitious America" ​​during Modi 3.0.

Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and the ruling NDA alliance for their successful election, Mr. Garcetti said that the time has come to turn the dream of bilateral relations into reality in Modi 3.0.

"I think in Modi 3.0, it's time to realize our dreams and really make them a reality," Mr. Garcetti told PTI in an interview, the first by a senior Biden administration official since the recent general elections in India. Prime Minister Modi has come to power for the third consecutive time.

"Whether it's the work we're doing together on our defense partnership, whether it's our critical emerging technologies, or the work we're doing to build economic prosperity, I think Modi 3.0 is about those three things, We see an ambitious India at work. An ambitious America to achieve," Mr. Garcetti said.

US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said progress in defense partnership, important emerging technologies and economic prosperity can be achieved when an "ambitious India" works with an "ambitious America" ​​during Modi 3.0.

Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and the ruling NDA alliance for their successful election, Mr. Garcetti said that the time has come to turn the dream of bilateral relations into reality in Modi 3.0.

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"I think in Modi 3.0, it's time to realize our dreams and really make them a reality," Mr. Garcetti told PTI in an interview, the first by a senior Biden administration official since the recent general elections in India. Prime Minister Modi has come to power for the third consecutive time.

"Whether it's the work we're doing together on our defense partnership, whether it's our critical emerging technologies, or the work we're doing to build economic prosperity, I think Modi 3.0 is about those three things. , we see an ambitious India. An ambitious America working to achieve," Mr. Garcetti said.

"I think 3.0 is all about how we make the US and India, again, this relationship that can do good not just for our people but for the world, that can show the world that democracy is better than dictatorship. .and open the Indo-Pacific is something that benefits every human being.

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Mr. Garcetti, who recently completed a year as the United States ambassador to India, said that during Prime Minister Modi's second term, “we saw state visits, presidential visits during the G-20 and more than 150 agreements. A seabed for the stars." The 53-year-old former mayor of Los Angeles said, "Whether it's in space, whether it's in health, whether it's in defense, whether it's in trade, we've resolved past conflicts and really moved forward. Let's move forward with our ambitions for the future."

Mr. Garcetti, a close confidant of President Joe Biden, is currently in Washington DC to attend the Select USA Summit, which has the largest delegation from India.

He will also address the US-India Aviation Summit for the first time in seven years.

Responding to a question on Indian elections, he said, "To see what an impressive election, first of all, logistics, security, to ensure that a country of 1.4 billion people exercise their right to vote. It was amazing to see the world's biggest democratic election." Secondly, it was wonderful to see all the people exercising their fundamental rights in the elections that we are two of the largest democracies in the world."

Congratulating Prime Minister Modi, the BJP and the coalition on their successful election, he said, "It is certainly a group of leaders that we know well, that we respect well and that we work incredibly well with." "We can't wait to get back to business. But I assure people that, even between elections, there has been no hiatus in US-India relations and not a beat missed," he said.

"We continued that critical work, even in the height of Indian elections, as I know it will continue in our height," he said in response to a question.

Calling his ambassadorship the best job in the world, he said he felt like the luckiest person on the face of the earth.

“Personally, I have loved the warmth with which Indians have welcomed me. I love my interaction with my Indian counterparts," he said.

Emphasizing two things he has tried to promote, Mr. Garcetti said, “One is that this relationship is bigger than just us. "Whether we work together in Africa, in the Pacific Island countries, in Southeast Asia, in the multilateral space, to deliver the best G20 ever, or when India and the US join forces, we are an unstoppable force." Second, Mr. Garcetti emphasized that more than these governments More about governments.

“What I experienced was not just the wonderful interactions with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and other members of the Cabinet, it was the local people in small villages, in remote states, places off the tourist map where I really felt. I have seen the soul of India living and breathing and its aspirations,” he said.

He said his basic impression of India as a diverse democracy filled with "the most generous, welcoming people anywhere on earth" had not changed.

"It's a place that's always in a state of flux, a crossroads of the past and the future. What's changed is seeing what's actually being built on the ground," he said.

"I came to India when I was just 14 years old, you know, it was an underdeveloped country that was struggling with infrastructure, barely had access to power and was not connected to the international economy," he said. .