John Bolton, a former US national security adviser, referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “global leader” in an interview with ANI and said that dealing with China is the key problem facing the leadership of both India and the US.
Given its English-speaking population, John Bolton emphasized India’s potential as an alluring alternative for these businesses and stated that better collaboration between India and the US may result in considerable benefits for both countries.
Further describing Prime Minister Modi’s visit as “important,” Bolton stated that there is still more to be discussed between the two nations regarding a wide variety of problems.
Here is an excerpt of the ANI interview with John Bolton.
“I think the big challenge that confronts India and the United States is how to deal with China,” The belief that China poses a significant threat to the US and its friends and allies across the world with its imperial goals, not only in Asia, but beyond, is one that is widely held in the US, I believe, across party lines.”
“A lot is going to depend on how the countries in the region align with countries outside the region to deal with it, the two most important countries in that complex situation are India and the US. I think India’s interests lie in closer relations with the US and I hope that’s the view that Prime Minister Modi increasingly accepts,” added former US national security adviser,.
“As a leader of India, he is certainly by definition a global leader. He has strong opinions on a lot of subjects, one of the subjects that I think will be discussed here in Washington will be trade relations between the two countries and the integration of India not just in the WTO context, but in international affairs on the economic side but more broadly,”.
“I think India has a lot of opportunities here as you see American, Japanese, and European companies unwinding their supply chains in China, not making additional commitments. India seems to provide a very attractive place they might consider going, having access to millions of people who speak English, is a huge advance for India and so there are real areas of greater cooperation certainly between India and the US and enormous benefits for both countries”.
