US lawmakers assure 'bipartisan support' for India ties in letter to Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar
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US lawmakers assure ‘bipartisan support’ for India ties in letter to Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar

In a serious diplomatic victory for India, two high US lawmakers on Wednesday (August 5) stated that Washington will at all times assist its ties with India, including that the robust ties between New Delhi and Washington assume significance in view of the “aggression” proven towards India by China.

The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that each the US and India perceive this reality {that a} robust US-India partnership may have an vital affect within the 21st century.

“As Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi said in February of this year, our ties ”are no longer just another partnership. It is a far greater and closer relationship””, stated the letter signed by Eliot Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Michael T McCaul, its Ranking Member.

“This closer relationship is all the more important as India faces aggression from China along your shared border, which is part of the Chinese government’s consistent pattern of unlawful and belligerent territorial aggression across the Indo-Pacific,” remarked the 2 US Congressmen.

The letter tweeted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee asserted that the US will at all times assist India’s efforts to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

“As champions of the US-India relationship, we have been delighted to see our countries” close cooperation on issues from defense to climate change. It is because of our support for the bilateral relationship that we note with concern that conditions in Jammu and Kashmir have not normalised one year after India”s repeal of Article 370 and the establishment of Jammu and Kashmir as a Union Territory,” wrote Engel and McCaul.

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