United State President Barack Obama had recalled his trip to India in January and his personal friendship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. HE said it while meeting with new Ambassador of India to US Arun Singh.
India’s new envoy Arun Singh met Obama at the President’s Oval office and formally presented his credentials as the Indian Ambassador to the US.
The Indian Embassy said, “Obama warmly welcomed Ambassador Singh back to Washington and wished him success in his responsibilities as India’s next Ambassador to the United States.”
It further said, “The President fondly recalled his visit to India in January and personal friendship with Prime Minister Modi.”
In his remarks, Singh conveyed warm greetings from the President and the Prime Minister of India to him and the First Lady.
Singh said he was committed to work towards making the India-US strategic partnership global in outlook, strategic in content and transformative for India’s development, as decided by the leaders of the two countries in the summits held in September 2014 and January 2015.
A 1979-batch IFS officer, Singh has replaced S Jaishankar, who was appointed as Foreign Secretary on January 28 this year.
Bureau Report
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