PM Modi and Joe Biden will meet later right this moment on the former’s residence. (file)
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral assembly with US President Joe Biden at his residence later right this moment will see significant progress on quite a few points, together with the GE jet engine deal, the procurement of predator drones, on 5G and 6G spectrum, collaboration on vital and rising applied sciences, and progress within the civil nuclear space, Jake Sullivan, Nationwide Safety Advisor of the US, mentioned right this moment.
Mr Sullivan did not verify reports that the US is planning to announce a major rail deal with India and the Arab world to attach Gulf nations and different Arab nations, however mentioned it is an initiative that the US has invested effort into with its companions.
“We consider that connectivity from India, throughout the Center East, to Europe is extremely vital and can deliver a major variety of financial advantages, in addition to strategic advantages, to all of the nations concerned. However the place issues land with respect to any potential bulletins this weekend, versus down the road, I can not say tonight,” he mentioned.
On whether or not a joint assertion by G20 members nations might be anticipated, Jake Sullivan mentioned he would not make predictions, however the US is able to do its half to ship it.
“Will each nation step up, be accountable, be constructive? If the reply to that’s sure, then we’ll get a joint assertion. Nevertheless it’s too quickly to inform,” he mentioned.
One stumbling block is Ukraine, Mr Sullivan additional mentioned, including that the opposite appears to be local weather — the place oil-producing nations need a sure language, whereas others are being extra bold.
He mentioned there additionally appears to be an effort by China to tie entry to know-how to local weather change language.
“I believe the concept of holding local weather hostage to a selected nation’s precedence on some completely separate problem isn’t the peak of accountability,” he mentioned, including that we now have a local weather disaster which we should always cope with “by itself phrases”.
“It shouldn’t be a supply of leverage. It ought to be a supply of urgency for nations to truly come to the desk and attempt to remedy it,” he added.
China’s effort to hyperlink local weather to America’s actions on different points isn’t a recreation the US goes to play, and that is true within the G20 context as properly, Mr Sullivan mentioned, including that he believes that it is true of different nations’ view too — they are not looking for local weather held hostage.