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Washington: India and the United States kicked off a crucial dialogue with the US leaders saying America wants to be “India's best friend” and India asserting that their relationship is defined by natural synergy of democracies.

The assertions were made at a business conclave on Monday on the eve of the first StNarendra Modi's third summit meeting with President Barack Obama within a year next week.

"Our goal is to become India's best friend," US Vice President Joe Biden said addressing the 40th Leadership summit of US-India Business Council (USIBC), the largest bilateral TRADE association in the US comprised of 300 top US and a score Indian companies.


Joe Biden. File photo. Image courtesy: AP

"The President and I, and the entire administration believe that the India-US relationship will be a relationship that will go a long way in defining the 21st century," he said.

There was so much potential forTRADE and investment between the two countries, Biden said but more reforms were needed. The US, he said, will do everything to support Modi's reforms.

Quoting Indian Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore's words that "We cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water," Biden invited the two sides to "cross the sea together."

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who would co-chair the strategic side of the dialogue with US Secretary of State John Kerry, said the India-US relationship "is defined by natural synergy of our democracies."

"We have harnessed commonalities between our two countries to further bilateral priorities in several areas, including defence and security, countering terrorism and extremism, clean energy and environmental protection, science and technology and space," she said.

"Our joint effort will help make India-US partnership as President Barack Obama had said, one of the defining partnerships of the 21st Century," Swaraj said.

Earlier, Kerry said US India have entered a new era marked by commercial ties, deep well of affection, and genuine warmth.

Expressing support for Modi's plan to help India's economy become more reliant on renewable sources of power, he said "it is absolutely critical in the end on pure economic terms."

"It's also smart politically, because a recent survey reported that 73 percent of Indians view climate change as the most pressing global concern," Kerry said.

Describing the dialogue as "one the most important that we have with any country on the planet, Kerry said: "We are the countries of innovation and opportunity. We think alike. We have an ability to be able to build this future."

"Although differences of ideology have separated us in the past... we are in the end, and I think that's what brings you here, the most natural of partners," Kerry said.

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'Our goal is to become India's best friend', says US Vice-President Biden as talks begin - Firstpost
 
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no thanks we already have our best friend RUSSIA.
Best friend which is supplying military equipments to our competition. For decade's (China)

Best friend which blackmailed us by Forming defence cooperation agreements with are main nemesis.

You called this a friendship.Better to keep relation more professional with such friend than emotional one.
 
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Learn to stand on your own or at least make better friends , these Russian fanboys just need to open their eyes, make no mistake Russia will side with China from now on so please go ahead and tell me can we defend our interest all alone against a giant like China? if no get help. :usflag:
 
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Yes, and we should make them our best friend but not our ONLY friend or even our only best friend. US is powerful, they can help us get where we want to go. Trust but Verify.
 
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Totally for it,about time,need to do some robust trade with our best friend,along with some support in few multilateral platforms will be great ,its a win win, only the ally business bugs ppl off.
 
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Best friend which is supplying military equipments to our competition. For decade's (China)
Best friends which blackmailed us by Forming defence cooperation agreements with are main nemesis.
You called this a friendship.Better to keep relation more professional with such friend than emotional one.
You cant paint it black and white. Russia is doing what is best possible for their economy. Chinese are short term friends but geopolitically rivals in long term. Russia knows that very well and they wont give advanced technology to them. Russians are very well aware of the chinese backstabbing during USSR era. Let things play out time will tell who are frnds and enemies.
 
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