Washington, June 28: US Vice President Mike Pence has said he is planning to visit India. Pence made the remarks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended an invitation to him to visit India.
“I told him… one of my ambitions was to be the first Governor from Indiana to visit India,” Pence said during the US-India Business Council’s 42nd Annual Leadership Summit Tuesday. “I didn’t get it done then, but the Prime Minister and I had a nice chuckle, because he told me that the words ‘India ana’ means ‘Come to India’.” Pence said the US plans to collaborate with India on issues such as terrorism and commerce, eventually aiming to quadruple the two-way trade between the countries. Meanwhile, the US will help the Indian armed forces to obtain the resources and technology they need to support security in the region, Vice President Mike Pence has said.
“You need look no further than yesterday’s announcement that the United States will sell Sea Guardian UAVs, Apache attack helicopters, and C-17 transports to India,” he said. “Our two great nations are bound by friendship, by commerce — so well represented by American and Indian businesses here.” IANS