Bilateral relations between India and the US will begin here on Monday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office for the third time. On June 17 and 18, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet with NSA chief Ajit Doval for the much-awaited second meeting of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET).
According to senior government officials, the iCET’s annual general meeting will be held tomorrow and will focus on a review of all the projects discussed at the meeting in Washington on January 31, 2023. This includes the technology transfer for GE-414 engines for Tejas Mark II fighter aircraft.
While Western and Chinese media are trying to destroy India-US bilateral relations by deliberately rehashing the alleged assassination attempt on US-based and outlawed Khalistani terrorist GS Pannun, the conversation between Prime Minister Modi and US President Joe Biden at the G7 summit has made it clear that ties are as close as ever.
In fact, before Prime Minister Modi landed in Puglia for the G-7 summit on June 13, the Western media questioned NSA spokesman Sullivan on whether President Biden was avoiding Prime Minister Modi over the Pannun issue, as if the entire bilateral relations depended on the outlawed terrorist SFJ.
According to G-7 interlocutors, both Prime Minister Modi and President Biden are clearly keen to advance relations given the threat posed by an expansionist China in the Indo-Pacific.
