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Modi's U.S Visit 26-30 Sep 2014
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I think there is a strong bonding at least a make believe one between the heads of 2 countries!
There has been substantial progress in lot of areas! It looks beneficial to both sides...Will India get a membership of Security Council...Will safe havens of terror in Pakistan be dismantled..Will we get more H1B Visas for the Tech companies..A good beginning has been made..We need to wait to see the actual benefits that shall accrue to us
[h=1]The US now knows who Narendra Modi really is[/h]
Oct 1, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully launched himself in Washington, DC.
During his first-ever summit with United States President Barack Obama, the prime minister was looking for more than just political partnership; he sought American help to accomplish his development dreams for India.
What India can do for America or what America can do for India had become outdated questions. What both can do together was what was discussed at the Oval Office at the White House.
Modi not only shared an editorial byline with Obama, but both leaders even walked together at the memorial for Dr Martin Luther King Junior, the legendary American civil rights leader.
The denial of a US visa to Modi was majorly due to the human rights-related issue in Gujarat as perceived by the State Department in Washington.
By his presence with the Indian leader at the memorial, Obama, and in turn the United States, has embraced Modi to uplift India-US relations.
The US is well introduced to Modi now.
Nothing more could be achieved because nothing less than a proper burial of the visa issue was necessary in the first round.
Washington, the city of daily intrigues and many myths, did it in style. No apology or regret, but Modi got enough when Obama shared a byline on The Washington Post article jointly written by him and Modi.
Vikram Doraiswami, Joint Secretary, Americas, ministry of external affairs, briefed the media before the joint statement was made public.
The talks between Obama and Modi were conducted against the background that this relationship was just not transactional but that "there was a great deal of understanding on how can we do something together."
On India-US cooperation on terrorism, Doraiswami said the two leaders had agreed to make joint and concerted efforts to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks, disrupt all financial and tactical support to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the D Company, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network.
This was mainly done to cater to the domestic audience in India.
Already high-level intelligence is shared between India and the US and a lot is being done to fight these terror groups.
In the last 10 years, the US has helped India dismantle safe heavens of terror. In cyber security too, both countries have helped each other.
Importantly, Doraiswami said the US acknowledged that India met the requirement to be part of the Missile Technology Control Regime and that it will help New Delhi get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group as well.
Both countries decided to set up an inter-agency contact group to expedite all pending issues, including that of civil nuclear liability to implement US-origin civil nuclear power projects in India.
India and the US also agreed to renew the bilateral defence agreement for ten more years.
Modi's 'Make in India' vision was central in the defence-related talks. A special task force will be set up to highlight the items which can be produced jointly.
The US also reaffirmed its support to India's membership of the United Nations Security Council, which President Obama had first declared in Parliament during his visit to India in Novembver 2010.
India, Doraiswami pointed out, wanted American help in challenges that India has been facing on its path of development, economy and in urban infrastructure.
The two leaders, Doraiswami said, spoke a lot about the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene initiative launched by the United Nations and how India is looking forward to the US to help provide clean water in urban areas.
Modi has put his political weight behind the cleaning of cities, rivers and rural areas in India.
Modi believes that all urban centres in India should clean waste waters with the help of modern waste management technologies imported from the US, Israel or China, and then supply the water for agriculture purposes in surrounding rural areas and keep fruits and vegetables prices under control.
Doraiswami also spoke about how India sought help to develop small and medium scale industries and improve their manufacturing hubs.
The US Federal Bank and the Reserve Bank of India will join hands to share trans-border capital market issues and information.
The tri-lateral partnership involving the US, India and Afghanistan too came up during discussion between the two leaders.
Also part of the 90-minute discussion were topics like education, women's empowerment, combating the Ebola epidemic and cancer, alternative energy and improving the e-governance digital partnership between the two nations.
When asked to identify three factors that suggested that India-US relations had gained momentum, Doraiswami asked, "Why three? We have 30 factors between us, which means that India-US relations are on the fast track now."
The US now knows who Narendra Modi really is - Rediff.com India News
There has been substantial progress in lot of areas! It looks beneficial to both sides...Will India get a membership of Security Council...Will safe havens of terror in Pakistan be dismantled..Will we get more H1B Visas for the Tech companies..A good beginning has been made..We need to wait to see the actual benefits that shall accrue to us
[h=1]The US now knows who Narendra Modi really is[/h]
Oct 1, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully launched himself in Washington, DC.
During his first-ever summit with United States President Barack Obama, the prime minister was looking for more than just political partnership; he sought American help to accomplish his development dreams for India.
What India can do for America or what America can do for India had become outdated questions. What both can do together was what was discussed at the Oval Office at the White House.
Modi not only shared an editorial byline with Obama, but both leaders even walked together at the memorial for Dr Martin Luther King Junior, the legendary American civil rights leader.
The denial of a US visa to Modi was majorly due to the human rights-related issue in Gujarat as perceived by the State Department in Washington.
By his presence with the Indian leader at the memorial, Obama, and in turn the United States, has embraced Modi to uplift India-US relations.
The US is well introduced to Modi now.
Nothing more could be achieved because nothing less than a proper burial of the visa issue was necessary in the first round.
Washington, the city of daily intrigues and many myths, did it in style. No apology or regret, but Modi got enough when Obama shared a byline on The Washington Post article jointly written by him and Modi.
Vikram Doraiswami, Joint Secretary, Americas, ministry of external affairs, briefed the media before the joint statement was made public.
The talks between Obama and Modi were conducted against the background that this relationship was just not transactional but that "there was a great deal of understanding on how can we do something together."
On India-US cooperation on terrorism, Doraiswami said the two leaders had agreed to make joint and concerted efforts to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks, disrupt all financial and tactical support to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the D Company, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network.
This was mainly done to cater to the domestic audience in India.
Already high-level intelligence is shared between India and the US and a lot is being done to fight these terror groups.
In the last 10 years, the US has helped India dismantle safe heavens of terror. In cyber security too, both countries have helped each other.
Importantly, Doraiswami said the US acknowledged that India met the requirement to be part of the Missile Technology Control Regime and that it will help New Delhi get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group as well.
Both countries decided to set up an inter-agency contact group to expedite all pending issues, including that of civil nuclear liability to implement US-origin civil nuclear power projects in India.
India and the US also agreed to renew the bilateral defence agreement for ten more years.
Modi's 'Make in India' vision was central in the defence-related talks. A special task force will be set up to highlight the items which can be produced jointly.
The US also reaffirmed its support to India's membership of the United Nations Security Council, which President Obama had first declared in Parliament during his visit to India in Novembver 2010.
India, Doraiswami pointed out, wanted American help in challenges that India has been facing on its path of development, economy and in urban infrastructure.
The two leaders, Doraiswami said, spoke a lot about the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene initiative launched by the United Nations and how India is looking forward to the US to help provide clean water in urban areas.
Modi has put his political weight behind the cleaning of cities, rivers and rural areas in India.
Modi believes that all urban centres in India should clean waste waters with the help of modern waste management technologies imported from the US, Israel or China, and then supply the water for agriculture purposes in surrounding rural areas and keep fruits and vegetables prices under control.
Doraiswami also spoke about how India sought help to develop small and medium scale industries and improve their manufacturing hubs.
The US Federal Bank and the Reserve Bank of India will join hands to share trans-border capital market issues and information.
The tri-lateral partnership involving the US, India and Afghanistan too came up during discussion between the two leaders.
Also part of the 90-minute discussion were topics like education, women's empowerment, combating the Ebola epidemic and cancer, alternative energy and improving the e-governance digital partnership between the two nations.
When asked to identify three factors that suggested that India-US relations had gained momentum, Doraiswami asked, "Why three? We have 30 factors between us, which means that India-US relations are on the fast track now."
The US now knows who Narendra Modi really is - Rediff.com India News
prasad1
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Winding up his whirlwind five-day U.S. visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi “thanked” America for what he said was a highly “successful and satisfactory trip” to the country.
“Thank You America,” Mr. Modi said as he concluded his last official engagement at an event organised by the US Indian Business Council (USIBC) on Tuesday. After that he directly left for the Andrews Air Force Base, from where his Air India One took off for New Delhi.
“My visit has been very successful. From here I am going to airport directly,” Mr. Modi said. On Tuesday Mr. Modi met U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House, at the end of which the two leaders issued a joint statement that promised to take the India-U.S. relationship to new heights.
Mr. Modi was seen off at the Andrews Air Force Base by the Indian Ambassador to the U.S. S. Jaishankar and the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal. When he arrived at the Air Force Base a day earlier, he was received by the Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns — both being unusual for a working visit like this.
On Monday evening, Mr. Obama hosted Mr. Modi for a official private working dinner and on Tuesday the two met for nearly two hours at the Oval Office, following which the U.S. President and the Prime Minister together went to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Mr. Obama, it is understood, decided to join Mr. Modi on this visit which many analysts said reflected the close bonding the two leaders have established among themselves in such a close time. Later in the day, Mr. Modi was hosted for lunch by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department, following which he drove down to the Capitol Hill for a tea hosted in his honour by Joe Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. (Pictured is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's note in the White House visitor's book.)
?Thank you America?: Modi says before leaving for India - The Hindu
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prasad1
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To be fair, Modi’s main aim of the trip would have been to send out the message that India was strong, and that India is ready to engage with Indian-Americans and the US more broadly, analysts say.
For Obama and Modi, the visit was all about the basics: getting to know each other, committing to get the relationship back on track, and promising to push toward even greater cooperation,” said Michael Kugleman of Wilson Center. To others, the visit amounted to an official clearing of the air after Modi's visa issue and India's outrage at the arrest in New York last year of one of its diplomats.
One think-tanker differed: “In terms of optics it was a huge success, but are we to overlook the absence of deliverables — packages?”
Rick Rossow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank said the effort Modi had made to interact directly with business leaders and the Indian diaspora during his visit would have been a great encouragement, given some doubts in the business lobby about his commitment to reform. "The numbers are already showing business is interested," Rossow said, referring to increases in foreign direct investment and institutional investment since Modi came to power. Ashley Tellis, an international security specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, called the Obama-Modi vision statements "wonderfully aspirational." "Now we've got to see whether the policies both sides pursue actually get them to where they want to go. The record thus far does not inspire confidence," he said.
Modi?s US trip high on optics, low on substance - Hindustan Times
For Obama and Modi, the visit was all about the basics: getting to know each other, committing to get the relationship back on track, and promising to push toward even greater cooperation,” said Michael Kugleman of Wilson Center. To others, the visit amounted to an official clearing of the air after Modi's visa issue and India's outrage at the arrest in New York last year of one of its diplomats.
One think-tanker differed: “In terms of optics it was a huge success, but are we to overlook the absence of deliverables — packages?”
Rick Rossow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank said the effort Modi had made to interact directly with business leaders and the Indian diaspora during his visit would have been a great encouragement, given some doubts in the business lobby about his commitment to reform. "The numbers are already showing business is interested," Rossow said, referring to increases in foreign direct investment and institutional investment since Modi came to power. Ashley Tellis, an international security specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, called the Obama-Modi vision statements "wonderfully aspirational." "Now we've got to see whether the policies both sides pursue actually get them to where they want to go. The record thus far does not inspire confidence," he said.
Modi?s US trip high on optics, low on substance - Hindustan Times
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/economist-indian-americans_n_5907186.html
Inside areover 18,000 Indian-Americans, as prosperous and upstanding a diaspora as youwill find from the Redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters. They are willingthemselves into the kind of obedient hysteria they were meant to have leftbehind generations ago in the badlands of Asia, along with hunger and snakes.“Modi, Modi, Modi,” shout the massed oncologists, engineers and entrepreneurs,wearing T-Shirts bearing his face and the slogan “Unity, Action, Progress”. AnAmericanised Bollywood dance troupe wearing fluorescent military uniformsgyrates to Bruce Springsteen’s anthem “Born in the USA”. The cries reach alustier pitch. “Modi, Modi, Modi!”
Inside areover 18,000 Indian-Americans, as prosperous and upstanding a diaspora as youwill find from the Redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters. They are willingthemselves into the kind of obedient hysteria they were meant to have leftbehind generations ago in the badlands of Asia, along with hunger and snakes.“Modi, Modi, Modi,” shout the massed oncologists, engineers and entrepreneurs,wearing T-Shirts bearing his face and the slogan “Unity, Action, Progress”. AnAmericanised Bollywood dance troupe wearing fluorescent military uniformsgyrates to Bruce Springsteen’s anthem “Born in the USA”. The cries reach alustier pitch. “Modi, Modi, Modi!”
See the money speaks here too.
prasad1
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After a hectic, often frenetic five days in the United States, it is time to take stock of the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. To begin with, the welcome he received, both in New York and in Washington, has firmly closed the door on a most awkward situation in bilateral ties: that of India voting in a leader proscribed by the U.S. Mr. Modi has been received at every level in the U.S., and if the Obama administration didn’t revoke the visa order, the gesture of President Obama right at the end to accompany Mr. Modi to the Martin Luther King Memorial came as a poignant signal that the U.S. genuinely wants to move ahead with India’s newly elected leader. Secondly, U.S. business, clearly disaffected by the difficulties they face in doing business with India, have also signalled its desire to renew investments. The fact that the two countries issued a vision document, the two leaders penned a joint op-ed, and then came out with a comprehensive 3,500-word Joint Statement, speaks volumes for the breadth of discussions between them in a short period. Yet, while the three documents contain all the parts of the relationship, they fail to convey the whole.
On issues where the countries agree, such as defence and energy, they show only incremental progress, without any big announcements. On issues where the countries differ, like the nuclear deal, trade and WTO, they seem to have deferred negotiations, indicating that no progress was made in resolving them. In that context, even the renewal of the strategic partnership, and reference to “joint and concerted efforts” to dismantle terror groups including al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the D-Company, and the Haqqanis” do not indicate any particularly new action or formulation. The statements seem most opaque when it comes to spelling out a shared worldview for India and the U.S.: while referring obliquely to China’s aggression in the South China Sea, ‘global crises’ like the situations in Iraq and Syria, and cooperation in Afghanistan, and a confounding, long reference to North Korea (DPRK), they list no action or step that the two countries hope to take together. And while both sides made it clear ahead of the talks that the U.S. would request, and India would discuss, the possibility of joining the anti-ISIS coalition, there is silence on where those discussions led. On all fronts of the ‘comprehensive dialogue’, that is, eight issues including energy, health, space, women’s empowerment, trade, skills, strategy and security, Mr. Modi’s visit successfully brought India-U.S. ties, that were faltering for a few years, back on track. But in order to reach the finish line, Mr. Modi and Mr. Obama will need a clearer enunciation of their shared vision for the road ahead.
Deepening relationship - The Hindu
On issues where the countries agree, such as defence and energy, they show only incremental progress, without any big announcements. On issues where the countries differ, like the nuclear deal, trade and WTO, they seem to have deferred negotiations, indicating that no progress was made in resolving them. In that context, even the renewal of the strategic partnership, and reference to “joint and concerted efforts” to dismantle terror groups including al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the D-Company, and the Haqqanis” do not indicate any particularly new action or formulation. The statements seem most opaque when it comes to spelling out a shared worldview for India and the U.S.: while referring obliquely to China’s aggression in the South China Sea, ‘global crises’ like the situations in Iraq and Syria, and cooperation in Afghanistan, and a confounding, long reference to North Korea (DPRK), they list no action or step that the two countries hope to take together. And while both sides made it clear ahead of the talks that the U.S. would request, and India would discuss, the possibility of joining the anti-ISIS coalition, there is silence on where those discussions led. On all fronts of the ‘comprehensive dialogue’, that is, eight issues including energy, health, space, women’s empowerment, trade, skills, strategy and security, Mr. Modi’s visit successfully brought India-U.S. ties, that were faltering for a few years, back on track. But in order to reach the finish line, Mr. Modi and Mr. Obama will need a clearer enunciation of their shared vision for the road ahead.
Deepening relationship - The Hindu
Better read the original post, comments and slipshod apology of the magazine. Economist has been promoting anti modi, anti india, pro sonia, pro congress agenda for a very long time. They must have lost 100 subscriptions after this anti india slur.
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