as a global power in the 21st century. you have helped to reinvigorate the quad, your leadership of the 620 is making new strides on climate finance, and you ve been a proponent of international institutions and global solutions to global challenges. prime minister narendra modi expressed happiness over the strengthening of ties between india and the us in recent years. translation: friends. during my visit in 2014, my dear friend, president biden, was also here with me at the state department. at that time, he had referred to india america partnership as a partnership over the horizon. in this period of nine years since then, we have been on a very long and beautiful journey. we have added and expanded the scope of mutual cooperation in defence and strategic areas. we are working with renewed trust in areas of new and emerging technologies. we are resolving long pending and difficult issues in trade. live now to our correspondent in washington samira hussain. hello to you. v
first time an indian prime minister is invited on a state visit in the united states, which is the highest diplomatic honour. based on those statements and everything we have heard of the last two days and seen over the last two days, both india and the united states are saying that this was a productive trip, an excellent trip and they have really strengthened relations. if you think about it in terms of more concrete items, there has been a lot of memorandums of understanding, there is a lot of economic partnerships, they result long standing trade disputes. that follows what president biden has wanted to do with a stripper. strengthen the economic ties between india and the united states and strengthen diplomatic ties. in united states and strengthen diplomatic ties. diplomatic ties. in terms of defence. diplomatic ties. in terms of defence, that diplomatic ties. in terms of defence, that has - diplomatic ties. in terms of defence, that has also - diplomatic ties. in terms of|