At a time when India-US relations were at their frostiest in decades, the youngest ever American envoy to India drove into the embassy compound in a BMW with flashing blue & red lights.
As Sergio Gor presents credentials to the President, India has a new US ambassador, a year after Biden appointee Eric Garcetti vacated the post on 19 January 2025.
Next call on trade between the two sides to occur Tuesday, says the ambassador-designate who arrived in India Friday & is set to present his credentials to the President Wednesday.
Gor has been involved in Republican party politics since at least 2008. He co-founded a book publishing company with Trump’s son & was a staffer in Senator Rand Paul’s office.
ThePrint editor-in-chief's open letter to Dr Muhammad Yunus reflected a fine grasp of the complex socio-political terrain of South Asia. However, many of his assertions deserve a more balanced examination.
Reacting to a video of the US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti performing bhangra along with Embassy staffers on Diwali, Sputnik India termed the moves ‘cringe-worthy’.
The US envoy to India was speaking at an event focused on defence & trade ties between the two countries. ‘Don't take this relationship for granted,’ he said.
Speaking at an event in Delhi, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti adds 'FDI isn't flowing into India at pace it should' & New Delhi must not view its self-reliance as 'fortress'.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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