PM Modi's state visit to further solidify U.S.-India ties: Secretary Antony Blinken

Addressing the annual India Ideas Summit of the US-India Business Council (USIBC), Mr. Blinken said that the trajectory of the Indo-U.S. partnership is “unmistakable and filled with promise”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the trajectory of the Indo-U.S. partnership is "unmistakable and filled with promise", and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic state visit to the U.S. will further solidify the defining relationship of the 21st century.

Mr. Modi has been invited by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for an official state visit, which will include a State Dinner on June 22.

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Addressing the annual India Ideas Summit of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) on June 12, Mr. Blinken said "We know that India and the United States are big, complicated countries. We certainly have work to do to advance transparency, to promote market access, to strengthen our democracies, to unleash the full potential of our people."

"But the trajectory of this partnership is unmistakable, and it is filled with promise. It is being written in places like North Carolina, where our growing engagement is benefiting both our countries," he said, as he highlighted several projects in the state benefiting both nations.

According to the top U.S. diplomat, one North Carolina entrepreneur from Gujarat – commenting on this explosion of U.S.-India commercial activity – observed, “This couldn’t have happened 15 years ago.”

Mr. Blinken has said that economic ties are at the heart of the Indo-U.S. strategic partnership, and under the leadership of President Biden and Prime Minister Modi “and private sector leaders like you, it is growing stronger by the day.”