India-US relationship flourished under PM Modi's leadership, says official in Trump administration

relationship between India and US flourished under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official in  Donald Trump ministration has said, ding it expects ties to improve after  Lok Sabha elections.

senior official also said first ever India-US two-plus-two dialogue, held in New Delhi last year, took relationship forward.

Responding to a question on five years of  Modi government and recent visit of India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale to US,  official said, "US-India relationship has really flourished... since Modi took power." 

" highlight, I would say, was Prime Minister Modi's visit to  White House in June of 2017 where a lot of progress was me on relationship. I would just say that visit by Foreign Secretary Gokhale was just latest illustration of positive trajectory that relationship is on," official said requesting anymity.

"We look forward to working with whoever is elected in this (general) election,"  senior official said, ding re is "a lot of strategic logic" to India-US relationship.

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official said US expects ties to continue to improve and country is looking for ways of cooperation in Indo-Pacific region in particular on Washington's converging strategic interest in that part of world.

Describing recent visit of Gokhale to US a milestone, official said visit of top Indian diplomat began with a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and concluded with National Security visor John Bolton.

During his three-day to US visit last week, Gokhale h important foreign office consultation and strategic security dialogue at state department. A wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues were discussed.

"y were able to talk about our shared vision for Indo-Pacific, ways to strengn our defense and security cooperation. Of course, y discussed Indian Pakistan situation as well as Afghanistan,"  senior official said.

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