India said on Friday that the relationship with the United States would not be affected by the outcome of the US presidential elections, as it rests on solid foundations and has the backing of the Republican and Democratic parties.
“Like you, we are awaiting the results of the elections. What I can tell you is that the relations between India and the United States rest on solid foundations and our relations encompass cooperation in all possible spheres, from strategic to defense, through investment, trade and ties between peoples ”, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava. a weekly briefing.
The comprehensive global strategic partnership between India and the US has “very strong bipartisan support in the US, and successive presidents and administrations have raised the bar for this relationship even further,” Srivastava said shortly before it emerged that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden had taken the initiative to get more votes in the key state of Pennsylvania.
The spokesperson was responding to a series of questions about the close personal relationship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in the elections, and the “Aab ki baar Trump sarkar” slogan that was raised in the ” Howdy Modi ”In Houston, United States, in September 2019.
The questions also concerned whether Biden’s victory would affect the relationship between India and the United States and whether the Indian government would have to go the extra mile to forge ties with a Democratic administration.
The spokesman did not respond to questions about Trump’s claims of irregularities in the presidential election.
India and the US held their third 2 + 2 ministerial dialogue last month when they signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) to share classified satellite imagery and aeronautical data. Following the meeting, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said that the United States will support “the people of India as they face threats to their sovereignty and freedom.”
The United States has also tried to push India to take a bigger role within the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. During the second QUAD ministerial meeting last month, India, Australia, Japan, and the United States pledged to work for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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