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Washington, June 1
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will address a major India-centric summit to be held here this month, according to the organisers of the event.
Organised by US India Business Council (USIBC), the two-day India Ideas Summit beginning on June 12 is the first major event after Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the second term this week.
While Pompeo is expected to lay the groundwork for India-US relationship during Modi’s second term, Ross in his key note is likely to address the economic and trade aspect of the bilateral ties.
“I think this is an important opportunity and quite frankly, I’m really excited that USIBC’s India Ideas conference will be one of the first opportunities where both governments can really amplify this relationship after the election,” USIBC president Nisha Desai Biswal told PTI on Thursday.
“We are expecting to have tremendous representation on the US side. Secretary Pompeo will be one of our keynote speakers and (it will) really (be) an opportunity to define the vision of US-India moving forward, not just in our bilateral relationship, but (also) about the partnership and how it can really shape the whole Indo Pacific,” Biswal said.
The first edition of India Ideas summit was held in Mumbai last year. The 2019 Summit in Washington DC will focus on connecting cities and States, recognising the critical role of local markets in driving the commercial relationship. PTI
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