‘India, US ties to touch new heights under Trump’
Friday, 10/03/2017
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Washington: Indo-US ties will touch newheights under the Trump administration as the two countries are “natural partners” and have common interests amid China’s assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region, an Indian-American entrepreneur considered close to Vice President Mike Pence has said.
With Indian-Americans playing the role of an umbilical cord between the two counties, India and the United States have common interests in balancing the increasing economic and military influence of China in the Asia-Pacific region and fighting together the menace of terrorism in South and Central Asia, said Indiana-based Gurinder Singh Khalsa.Founder and chairman of Sikhs Political Action Committee or SikhsPAC, Khalsa has emerged as one of the vocal leader of the Indian-American Sikhs in particular in the Midwest region.
“India and the United States are natural partners at this time. Both have an interest in fighting terrorism originating in central Asian areas like Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Khalsa said.
