Obama committed to intensifying India-US relations:White House

June 06, 2015 11:10

US President Barack Obama is committed to further intensifying relationship with India and the recent visit of a top American defence official is reflective of the depth of the ties, the White House has said.

"The president, as he discussed on his trip to India back in January, is committed to further intensifying the relations between our two countries," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily news conference. Referring to the just concluded visit of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, he said this is reflective of the depth of the relationship between the US and India.

"So many of the issues that we often talk about are related to how we can expand economic opportunity in both of our countries," he said.

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