'Managing counter-terror dangers will make India-US ties stronger'

New York, Jul 15 India's association with the US will be strengthened further if the two nations deal with the "unconventional" counter-terrorism threats together, US Congressman Tulsi Gabbard has said.

Gabbard, the first Hindu lawmaker in the US Congress said security and counter terrorism are critical zones of the US and India partnership.

The number of military-to-military engagement and activities between the two countries surpass whatever other partner in the district and is just proceeding to develop.

She was addressing the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum organised here yesterday in partnership with the Asia Society Policy Institute.

"From the top all the way to the Pacific Commander, there is an recognition of the advantage to proceeding to fortify this partnership, proceeding to participate in ways that haven't been before to guarantee that the two nations are steady and that we are managing this capricious counter-fear mongering danger together in light of the fact that on the off chance that we do that together we are stronger," she said at the gathering with the topic of 'India and the United States: Partners in Progress'.

Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna said the need for the US and India to cooperate both bilaterally and in other global foras and in addition in the UN is extremely important.

Gabbard, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, said there is still "a considerable amount of energy" in Washington and a sentiment force around the visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the American capital for his first bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump.

"Those of us on the US-India assembly feel it and trust it and those who have been working on the partnership over the years are saying again and again this is the most exciting time in the friendship between our two nations" on the political front as well as in areas of economic ties, technology, education, culture and arts.

She noticed that IIFA awards being organised in the city shows how much interest America all in all has in movies originating from India.

"We at the US-India council are excited about the opportunities that exist that are commonly gainful for both of us," she added.

Gabbard said there had been worries over vulnerabilities and conceivable impediments in the India-US relations under the Trump organization.

"What we have seen come forward before, amid and after Modi's visit was that while heads of state can meet and have these vital political talks and arrangements, the heart and spine of the relationship exists at the government level as well as in the private division, organizations and research facilities that are not waiting for marching orders from anyone in government," she said.

Tending to the valedictory session, Sarna said underline that the help for the India-US engagement is obviously bipartisan and over the political range.

He termed the visit by Modi as "landmark", saying the two pioneers "hit it off" in terms of understanding, connecting with each other and listening to each other concerns.

"There was meeting on strategic and defence issues, financial participation for the global good, digital security and space," he said.

Gabbard added that the joint statement released at the end of the bilateral visit was "great and broad" in covering the distinctive divisions and zones, setting out the pathway forward for the two nations.

She focused on that the US can likewise profit and learn as India manages diverse difficulties and openings.

Taking note of that India has a vast specialist base, she said work preparing is required for that.

"In the event that we can take a gander at a portion of the imaginative methods for how a portion of the organizations are giving that preparation we can utilize that in some of our groups where occupations have either been supplanted by innovation or whose businesses have been closed down or transported off to different nations," she said.

"As we are taking a gander at opportunities here whether it is in the middle part of the nation or inner cities, we can see how nations like India are taking the best of itechnology and are able to empower people in their communities," she said.

Sarna included that he doesn't see logical inconsistency in Modi's emphasis on 'Make in India' and Trump's call for 'Make America Great Again.

"Here are two nations that are needing to develop and unquestionably there must be a place in this world for the two nations to develop and help each other as opposed to at each other's cost. The two nations are being situated now as two motors of development which will enable each other to develop," he stated, including that there are huge open doors in ranges of vitality and common flying where the two nations should rely upon each other to develop and really make business openings in each other's nations through this development.