It listed the many groups flourishing in Pakistan, including the D Company, LeT, JeM and the Haqqani Network. The statement also condemns two recent terrorist attacks in India (in Gurdaspur and Udhampur).
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Kerry, in response to a question, “this meeting has nothing to do with China”.
The two countries also decided to elevate the Secretary-level trilateral with Japan to a Ministerial-level. To book-end a year of breakneck bilateral positivity, Modi is set to meet Obama on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week. There is no message intended to be sent to China through this strategic and commercial dialogue, he said.
“China did not even figure in our conversation”, Swaraj said.
Sources said that Goyal “made waves” in his interactions with U.S. companies with his candor and commitment to help ease their path in India. Both sides came to several agreements on clean energy and enhancing climate change cooperation. “It’s important that we set timelines to achieve our targets”.
“We’ve experienced it first-hand: 3 million Indian-Americans whose talent have shaped the fabric of this country in our schools, our hospitals, our research labs, in our courtrooms, in our government, in the arts and entertainment, and from Silicon Valley to Main Street”, he said.
“We are determined to fight it in all forms, and we did talk about ISIL, specifically”. They agreed that India and the US would work as partners in responding to the needs of civilians in global crises. That change was lost on no one, and Minister Swaraj expressly invoked it during the press conference which followed the dialogue. Bilateral foreign direct investment stands today at more than $35 billion. However, she observed that commercial relationship has not lived up to potential.
She added that the platforms like the India – U S Strategic dialogue would enable a regime which would make it easier for corporates in India and in the U.S.to access each other’s markets.
“I think we have plans to advance our relationship to a $500 billion goal of economic exchange”, Kerry said.
As a part of the Diplomacy Partnership, the USA and India will strengthen and broaden their consultations on the complete vary of regional and useful diplomatic points.
In a tweet soon after the conclusion of the dialogue, Kerry thanked Swaraj. There are numerous sticking points between India and the US over the draft that will take time to discuss, debate and disentangle. Kerry described this as a milestone. India is the world’s third-largest carbon emitter despite its low per-capital emissions, giving it a crucial role in United Nations climate talks in Paris in December. Also commended was the proposed next round of the Counter-terrorism Joint Working Group in early 2016.
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On defense, the joint statement noted that both sides “expressed satisfaction” with progress on the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative pathfinder projects, including the ongoing feasibility studies for bilateral cooperation on aircraft carrier and jet engine technology.
