India’s role on global stage continues to grow: U.S. official

India's presidency of the G20 will help the country intensify its growth in every sphere, a U.S. official said

India’s role on the global stage continues to grow and the India-U.S. ties are one of the consequential relationships, a senior State Department official has said.

Speaking to community leaders and local Indian media reporters during a trip to Silicon Valley last week, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Nancy Izzo Jackson also said that India's presidency of the G20 will help the country intensify its growth in every sphere.

India has taken over the Presidency of the G20 on December 1 last year.

"As we look at India's Presidency of G20, we know that India's role on the global stage continues to grow. And so does the U.S.-India relationship,” Ms. Jackson said

The interaction was organised by Ajay Jain Bhutoria, a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, wherein a visiting team of senior State Department officials met eminent Indian American community members to brief them on the status of India-U.S. ties, the importance of the diaspora in this and address their questions.

During the interaction, Ms. Jackson highlighted the role that India is playing at the international level especially in its capacity as president of G20 nations and the steps being taken by the State Department in reducing the visa wait time in India.

Among other senior officials who were part of the State Department team to the Silicon Valley were Karen Klimowski, USAID Deputy Mission Director for India, Jennifer Sudweeks, Division Chief for Outreach and Inquiries Bureau of Consular, Affairs office of Visa Services, Jenn Miller, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Outreach and Partnerships and Radhika Prabhu, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Women’s Economic Empowerment.