PM Narendra Modi meets US Security Advisor, discusses various areas under bilateral initiatives

By R Anil Kumar 

• US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

• NSA Jake Sullivan is on a 2-day (June 17-18) visit to India, in the first trip by a senior administrator in Joe Biden administration after PM Modi government came to power for the consecutive third term

• NSA Sullivan briefs PM on the progress in bilateral cooperation, particularly under iCET

• PM reaffirms his commitment to take India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership to greater heights in the new term

• “India is committed to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership for global good,” Prime Minister Modi posted on X

• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host Prime Minister Modi for an official state visit to the United States which will include a state dinner on June 22

New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, June 17, assured the visiting US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan of deepening the India-US strategic partnership during his third term.

“Met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. India is committed to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership for global good,” Prime Minister Modi posted on X after Sullivan called him here on June 17, evening.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated that NSA Sullivan briefed PM Modi on the progress in various areas of bilateral cooperation, particularly under the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) such as semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence, telecom, defence, critical minerals, and space, among others.

“PM expressed satisfaction at the speed and scale of the growing bilateral partnership in all areas and the convergence of views on regional and global issues of mutual interest,” it said.

Mr Sullivan’s visit to India takes place after, June 14, (last Friday’s) interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden following the conclusion of the G7 Summit’s Outreach Session in Italy’s Borgo Egnazia.

The Prime Minister recalled his “recent positive interaction” with President Biden and reaffirmed his commitment to continue to strengthen the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership for global good and take it to greater heights in his new term.

Earlier, Mr Sullivan called on External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar before holding the annual review meeting of the iCET along with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.

“Delighted to welcome US NSA Jake Sullivan in New Delhi today morning (June 17). A comprehensive discussion on a broad range of bilateral, regional, and global issues. Confident that India-US strategic partnership will continue to advance strongly in our new term,” EAM Jaishankar posted on X after he met Sullivan.

The US NSA arrived in India after attending and addressing the Peace Summit on Ukraine hosted by Switzerland over the weekend.

India also attended the event, but did not associate itself with any communique or document emerging from the Summit.

Sullivan visited Delhi around the same time last year, meeting PM Modi, EAM Jaishankar, and NSA Doval as both countries unveiled a roadmap for cooperation at a stakeholder event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on advancing India-US iCET partnership, just ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s landmark visit to Washington.

Both NSAs have acknowledged that the iCET unveiled by PM Modi and US President Biden in May 2022 will play a defining role in deepening the strategic partnership between the two countries.