After Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office for the third time, India-US bilateral engagement will begin here on Monday with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan meeting NSA Ajit Doval for the much-awaited second meeting of initiative of Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) on June 17-18.
According to top government officials, the main meeting of iCET will be held tomorrow with the focus being a review of all the projects considered at the Washington meeting on January 31, 2023 including transfer of technology of GE-414 jet engines for Tejas Mark II fighters.
While Western and Chinese media are trying to nix the India-US bilateral relationship by deliberately raking up the alleged life attempt on US-based proscribed Khalistani terrorist G S Pannun, the G-7 interaction between PM Modi and US President Joe Biden has made it clear that the ties are as deep as before.
The fact is that before PM Modi landed in Apulia for the G-7 outreach on June 13, the Western media was questioning NSA Sullivan on whether President Biden was avoiding PM Modi due to the Pannun issue as if the entire bilateral relationship was hanging on the proscribed terrorist of SFJ.
According to G-7 interlocutors, both PM Modi and President Biden are clearly interested in taking the relationship forward amidst the threat of an expansionist China in the Indo-Pacific.
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