A former White House official said that US President Donald Trump administration is giving priority to relations with India and believes that the country has the ability to change the Indo-Pacific sector and it is a “important partner” when it is a “important partner” It comes to competing effectively with China, a former White House official said.
This comment was made by Lisa Curtis Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to White House For a bilateral meeting with President Trump on Thursday (February 13, 2025). He has served in the first administration of Mr. Trump as Senior Director of South and Central Asia in the National Security Council between 2017 and 2021.
On Tuesday (February 11, 2025), in an online press briefing, Washington DC-based think-based Center for a New American Security (CNAS)-on the eve of Sri Modi’s visit, on the eve of Modi’s visit, Ms. Kartis said, ” Clearly, “clearly,” the Trump administration is giving priority to relations with India. ”
“They believe that India is an important emerging global power and is actually the ability to change the Indo-Pacific sector and the world,” said Ms. Kartis, senior partner and director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program in the think tank.
PM Modi will be the fourth foreign leader to visit Mr. Trump in the weeks after the inauguration of the US leader. 47th President of America,
Within less than a month of the beginning of Mr. Trump’s second term at the White House, he has hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Raja Abdulla II of Jordan.
Ms. Kartis said that it is “quite remarkable that India is paying such attention to everything happening domestic under the new Trump administration.”
“And of course, the Government of India has also formed its base and has already taken positive steps to set a good tone for the meeting of Thursday (February 13, 2025),” he said.
He also said that the quad is “very important for the Trump administration”.
“We have already seen a meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers on the first day of Trump administration. So it shows the importance that the Trump administration connects with India and has a role in the quad, ”he said.
On January 21, a day after the inauguration of Mr. Trump, the Foreign Minister’s Bilateral and Quad meeting was held by Jaishankar and US State Secretary Marco Rubio. Mr. Rubio met Mr. Jaishankar On January 21, a meeting of the first quad minister of the second term of the Trump administration of the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwecasi along with other foreign ministers of the Quad in the state department.
“Therefore it is something that draws them together, the idea of America and India is working together to preserve an independent and open Indo-Pacific to ensure that other countries have from China Beyond the options, to reduce dependence on China, it is important for both countries to diversify the supply chains, and it is where their interests change their interests. There will be which brings America and India together despite this business friction, ”he said.
Against the background of Trump Administration announcements with Trump-Modi meeting and Pay attention to business and tariffMs. Kartis said that it would be necessary for the two leaders to “try to reach the business deal”.
“But if we first look back at the Trump administration, despite much effort, he never concluded a trade agreement. Nevertheless, trade friction did not overwhelm the overall strategic partnership. And by the time Trump left the position, I think he left the US-India relationship in a very good place, “he said.
However, Ms. Kartis said that this time, “We are going to see less patience than President Trump on business issues, India’s expectations will be higher to give concessions for less tariffs. And so we still remain to see that it is yet to be seen that Will India be able to do this?
“And I think you know that this means that the issue of business may exceed one bottleneck at this time, as was earlier during Trump Administration.” In response to the question whether Shri Trump wants to attract India to combat China’s growing influence in India and more closely, Ms. Kartis said that although a lot of things will be on bilateral relations, business . , Immigration, defense procurement, “China will weave through thread meeting.”
“This is an underpining theme for this meeting,” he said that “Trump’s advisors are very clear that India is an important partner when it comes to compete with China” and push back against Chinese aggression .
“So I think it would be an underlying subject … We have to see what the joint statement says. It is not likely to mention China, but it is the inherent topic of their strategic support in Indo-Pacific Will be, “whether it is on technology, maritime security issues or defense relations.
“The US-India relationship, when it comes to defense, is very important for India in terms of their disputed border with China. And we saw that in 2020 when you had the Indo-China border crisis, and the US really carried forward its intelligence support, provided military gear and gave India a lot of diplomatic support during the time of crisis, ” Said.
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Prior to the visit, Head-Amirius, VFS Global Amit Kumar Sharma said that the US-India relationship is ready for unprecedented development, with increased travel in trade, trade, holidays and spiritual fields.
“Business is eager to partners, which is inspired by a shared ambition for permanent development. This is the result of consistent, strategic engagement at the highest levels of the government and industry, ”he said.
He further stated that PM Modi’s visit is a highly anticipated milestone in these joint efforts by businesses, organizations and governments. Given further, we can estimate another dynamic US-India Corridor. ”
Published – February 12, 2025 10:26 AM IST
