U.S. President Joe Biden right, gestures with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment at the G20 summit meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Photo: AP/PTI)Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden Tuesday reviewed the state of the India-US strategic partnership, including in sectors like critical and emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence.
In the wake of the Ukraine conflict, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the two leaders also discussed “topical global and regional developments” in the meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali.
“They reviewed the continuing deepening of the India-US strategic partnership including cooperation in future oriented sectors like critical and emerging technologies, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, etc,” the MEA said in a statement.
The MEA said Prime Minister Modi thanked President Biden for his “constant support” in strengthening the India-US partnership.
“He expressed confidence that both countries would continue to maintain close coordination during India’s G-20 Presidency,” it said.
The MEA said the two leaders expressed satisfaction about close cooperation between India and US in new groupings such as Quad and I2U2.
While the Quad comprises India, the US, Australia and Japan, the members of the I2U2 are India, Israel, the US and the United Arab Emirates.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi described the conversation as a “useful exchange”.
“A useful exchange between PM @narendramodi & @POTUS @JoeBiden on sidelines of G20 Bali Summit. Leaders appreciated the continuing deepening of India-US Strategic Partnership & close cooperation in groups like Quad, I2U2, etc. Agreed to maintain close coordination during #G20India,” he tweeted.
Modi and Biden held the conversation days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Summit in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh last week.
Jaishankar and Blinken had discussed a range of issues including bilateral ties, the Ukraine conflict and the situation in the Indo-Pacific, among others.