Sitharaman applaud Obama, Modi’s vision.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry, as well as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and Penny Pritzker, US Secretary of Commerce, have lauded the three million strong Indian diaspora’s role in fortifying the bilateral partnership between India and US.
Addressing a gathering at a reception held in Washington DC to celebrate the highly influential and thriving Indian community in the US, the duo invited the business community to help shape and deepen the economic relationship further.
The reception was hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with Indiaspora, on Monday. It was coincided with the first ever US-India Strategic & Commercial Dialogue.
On the occasion, Sitharaman also applauded the vision of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted the significant deepening of commercial ties between the two nations and their businesses.
Meanwhile, Pritzker stressed on the work cut out by both the governments to make this into a $500 Billion economic engagement between the oldest and the largest democracies in the world.
Together they highlighted the substantial steps taken by the two governments in the direction of boosting trade and investments.
Amidst the ongoing wave of optimism and promising developments surrounding US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue as well as Modi’s anticipated second visit to the US, major stakeholders joined in the reception to celebrate the flourishing Indian diaspora and to place them front and center within the context of the overall bilateral partnership.
The growing Indian American diaspora is heavily invested in the American system and can not only rise to be the backbone of this critical partnership but can help fuel US & India’s mutual growth story, said dignitaries, at the meet.
Highlighting the significant positive change taking place within India, CII President Sumit Mazumder invited the diaspora to invest in India’s transformation.