United States President Joe Biden has congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a phone call after his party, along with allies, clinched the most number of seats in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections.
According to the White House, the US president also discussed his national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s upcoming visit to India in the call with Modi.
Separately, the State Department expressed Washington’s anticipation towards its cooperation with New Delhi to ensure a free Indo-Pacific region.
Biden, a day earlier, posted about the US’s “friendship” with India on X, formerly Twitter.
“The friendship between our nations is only growing as we unlock a shared future of unlimited potential,” the president said in the post.
Modi, whose National Democratic Alliance retained power with a surprisingly slim majority in voting results announced on Tuesday, called the US-India partnership “a force for global good.”
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday called the US-Indian relationship “a great partnership,” although the US had concerns about human rights, which he said it would continue to raise openly with New Delhi.
The White House’s statement after the call between the two leaders did not give the date of Sullivan’s upcoming New Delhi visit. It said he will engage with the Indian government on shared priorities, including over technology.
