Published 14:24 IST, January 12th 2020
Outgoing India's envoy to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla calls on President Trump
Outgoing India's envoy to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on President Donald Trump at the Oval Office in White House and thanked him for his steadfast support
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Outgoing Indian Ambassor to US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on President Donald Trump at Oval Office in White House and thanked him for his stefast support for strengning India-US strategic partnership. Shringla is set to be next Foreign Secretary of India. Ambassor Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia described Shringla as "captain of India-US relationship", ahe of his visit to New Delhi. She furr stated that Shringla would play an important part in India-US relations to achieve its potential.
US Chief of Protocol Can Henderson hosted a rare reception for Shringla at Blair House. A reception at this venue for an outgoing envoy is rmally reserved only for a few countries and India became one of m. On December 23 last year, Shringla was appointed as next Foreign Secretary of India with effect from January 29, 2020, upon completion of two-year term of Vijay Keshav Gokhale as Foreign Secretary on January 28, 2020.
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Scott Perry hails Indo-US ties
Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry on house of floor on January 10, praised Indo - US relations on floor of house and stated that both nations share strong ecomic, social and political ties.
"I rise today to recognise strong relationship between United States and India. Since our two countries established diplomatic relations in 1946, through 2005 launch of our strategic partnership, United States and India have h a long and storied history. I thank Ambassor Shringla for his friendship and his deep commitment to maintaining our strong US-India alliance. I wish him best of luck in his future endeavors. I stand with India in ir aspiration to provide equal ecomic, social, and political opportunities to all citizens. "
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(With Inputs from ANI)
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14:24 IST, January 12th 2020