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New Delhi:
Bilateral ties between India and the US will not be going to be affected and can solely proceed to develop stronger regardless of whether or not Donald Trump or Joe Biden emerge victorious within the presidential polls in line with the previous Indian ambassador to China, Gautam Bambawale.
Incumbent Republican President Trump and his Democratic challenger Biden are in search of the minimal 270 out of the 538 electoral votes wanted to win the White House. While Biden is main marginally in total Electoral College vote tally, but Trump has already claimed victory and has mentioned he’ll transfer the Supreme Court to dispute the method of counting.
“The elections results are neck to neck so far. There are a few states left still and they are important as either of the two candidates can win. It really is for American people to decide who their president will be. India will work with either Trump or Biden.
India-US relations is going to continue on the current trends which are getting stronger and stronger irrespective of whether Biden or Trump wins. Our partnership is going to strengthen,” Mr Bambawale advised ANI.
The former ambassador additional mentioned that the bonhomie, which was shared between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump, can be replicated in his relation with Biden, if he will get elected.
“PM Modi had a very good relationship with Trump but even if Biden becomes the President of the US the relation will be equally good and as close. Between nations, anyways, personal bonds play a role upto a certain point and not beyond that. In those terms there are very strong drivers of the closer India-US partnership and those are already at work,” he mentioned.
“Even if Biden gets elected President, Prime Minister Modi will be able to develop a very good rapport, friendship with him,” he added.
The former Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, nonetheless, mentioned that the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ India connection shouldn’t be given a lot significance as she is an American citizen and has her nation”s greatest pursuits in thoughts.
“Kamala Harris is an American citizen and it will be totally wrong on our part to expect any kind of difference because she has a mother of Indian origin, or Indian origins. Keeping that aside, we should not have those kind of expectations, but of course, even if Biden becomes President and Kamala Harris become Vice-President of the US, the situation and the drivers of the India-US are such that there will be a closer partnership between the two countries,” Mr Bambawale mentioned.
“She is a US national, she has American interests as her priority and those American interests today are very similar to Indian interests, so we will be able to work together,” he added.
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