US Ambassador to India highlights expanding India-US cooperation, investment
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has said that India and America are expanding cooperation across sectors, including defence, information technology (IT) and healthcare. Their investments and joint projects are creating significant opportunities for both countries. Gor highlighted the growing partnership between the two countries, citing recent military exercises, defence cooperation and investments by US and Indian companies.
He said ‘India and the US have a great relationship, there’s so much happening; pick any sector and we’re working together in it.’ Pointing to recent developments in defence cooperation, he said the two countries conducted military exercises involving more than 500 troops during Exercise Tarang Shakti at the Jodhpur Air Force Station in Rajasthan.
Besides, he said that Indian and American companies were making good progress in technology and investment, with both countries investing in each other and some American firms setting up large production facilities in India. Moreover, he underlined India’s importance in the healthcare sector, particularly in the supply of generic medicines to the US. He asserted ‘In healthcare, we import a significant amount of our generic pharmaceuticals from India. This is because we trust India.’
