P.V.Anandpadmanabhan
Chalein Saath Saath, forward together we go. As leaders of two great democratic nations with diverse traditions and faiths, share a vision for a partnership in which the United States and India work together, not just for the benefit of both its nations, but for the benefit of the world.
India and U.S has vastly different histories, but both the founders sought to guarantee freedoms that allow its citizens to determine their own destiny and pursue their personal aspirations. Its strategic partnership rests on its shared mission to provide equal opportunity for its people through democracy and freedom.
The currents of kinship and commerce, scholarship and science tie the countries together. It allows to rise above differences by maintaining the long-term perspective. Every day, in myriad ways, Its cooperation fortifies a relationship that matches the innumerable ties between its peoples, who have produced works of art and music, invented cutting-edge technology, and responded to crises across the globe.
The strategic partnership is a joint endeavor for prosperity and peace. Through intense consultations, joint exercises, and shared technology, its security cooperation will make the region and the world safe and secure. Together, they will combat terrorist threats and keep its homelands and citizens safe from attacks, while its respond expeditiously to humanitarian disasters and crises. It will prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and remain committed to reducing the salience of nuclear weapons, while promoting universal, verifiable, and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament.
will support an open and inclusive rules-based global order, in which it assumes greater multilateral responsibility, including in a reformed United Nations Security Council. At the United Nations and beyond, its close coordination will lead to a more secure and just world.
Climate change threatens both the countries, and will join together to mitigate its impact and adapt to its changing environment. It will address the consequences of unchecked pollution through cooperation by its governments, science and academic communities. They will partner to ensure that both countries have affordable, clean, reliable, and diverse sources of energy, including through the efforts to bring American-origin nuclear power technologies to India.
It will ensure that economic growth in both countries brings better livelihoods and welfare for all of its people. Its citizens value education as a means to a better life, and its exchange of skills and knowledge will propel its countries forward. Even the poorest will share in the opportunities in both the countries.
Joint research and collaboration in every aspect—ranging from particles of creation to outer space — will produce boundless innovation and high technology collaboration that changes its lives. Open markets, fair and transparent practices will allow trade in goods and services to flourish.
Its people will be healthier as it jointly counter infectious diseases, eliminate maternal and child deaths, and work to eradicate poverty for all. And they will be safer as we ensure the fullest empowerment of women in a secure environment.
The United States and India commit to expand and deepen its strategic partnership in order to harness the inherent potential of the two democracies and the burgeoning ties between its people, economies, and businesses. Together it seek s a reliable and enduring friendship that bolsters security and stability, contributes to the global economy, and advances peace and prosperity for its citizens and throughout the world.
They have a vision that the United States and India will have a transformative relationship as trusted partners in the 21st century. Its partnership will be a model for the rest of the world.
