WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he has discussed with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (nah-REN’-drah MOH’-dee) how to bring the landmark Paris climate change agreement into force as quickly as possible.
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CCTV America’s Jessica Stone has a preview.
It certainly looked like genuine affection when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled President Barack Obama into a bear hug as he stepped off Air Force One a year ago. “Or when you engage in exercise or something”.
The two leaders also noted the intention of India and the US Export-Import Bank to work together toward a competitive financing package for the project, the White House said.
Indian officials recognize how important the climate change issue is to this White House but have some concerns about the continuity of US policy if a Republican wins the White House in November, said Tanvi Madan, director of the India Project at the Brookings Institution.
“Modi’s humble origins, largely corruption-free government and intense focus on winning foreign investment are sharp breaks from his predecessor”, it said.
Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that the the two leaders will discuss increasingly close economic ties and shared national security issues.
This is Modi’s fourth visit to the usa since he took over as PM in 2014. Mr Modi denied wrongdoing, and a Indian Supreme Court-appointed panel found no evidence he gave orders that prevented assistance from reaching those being attacked. Modi is visiting the U.S.at the invitation of President Obama.
This is the second prime ministerial visit from India to Qatar in eight years after then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit in 2008. “An early start to negotiations on the Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Information would be important in this respect”, he said.
The Prime Minister said India today is the fastest growing economy of the world and that the two countries should cooperate more in new areas.
The official also conceded that America’s security partnership with Pakistan over the years still poses challenge to India-US relationship.
“Over the last two years, India and the United States have been cooperating on global issues like climate change, nuclear security, terrorism.I feel proud, not just as friends but as two countries, on this and we will continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder”, he said. “India takes pride in their contribution to exploring new frontiers of science in the service of humanity”, he had said.
“President and I agreed to build on the Swiss Vocational and Educational Training system suited to India’s needs”, the Prime Minister said. People are attracted to India for its ancient civilisation. Than Williams’ father replying for the Modi to definitely it comes for the India when in full conformed and 50-year-old Williams maily present for her commemorate friend (Kalpana Chawla).
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Forty percent of the world’s estimated 45.8 million slaves are in India, although the scourge exists in all 167 nations surveyed in last month’s Global Slavery Index, according to researchers behind the list.
