Jaishankar says ‘no limit‘ to India-US relations, expectations exceeded

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau

WASHINGTON DC, 2nd Oct. Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday said that the success of the G20 India Summit was a success of the India-US relationship and urged people of the Indian-American community to keep supporting their partnership.

Mr. Jaishankar said that it was hard to put a limit and define the bilateral ties between India and America and that the relationship between them has exceeded expectations.

‘Celebrating Colors of Friendship’ an event organized by the Indian Embassy in the US, addressed by him and he praised the US contribution and support to make the New Delhi G20 summit a huge success.

He said “I am often asked, where do you think this relationship (India-US) is going now it’s hard for me today, really, to put a limit on it, to define it, to even voice expectations, because in every way this relationship has exceeded expectations, which is why today we don’t even try to define it. We actually keep raising the bar.”

Jaishankar asserted that the success of the G20 India Summit was also a success of the India-US relationship and asked people of the Indian-American community to keep supporting their partnership.

He stated “So, it may have been our success in a literal way, but I think it was the G20 success. To me, it was also a success of the India-US partnership… pleases keep giving this partnership the support it needs, the support it deserves and the support it expects,”.

Jaishankar stressed that a Chandrayaan 3 parallel to define the future of the India-US relationship and said that it will go beyond the Moon.

He added that I can promise you that this relationship, like the Chandrayaan, will go to the moon, maybe even beyond”.