Source: TOI

The lawmakers said the US partnership with India is based on a foundation of shared values, including the rule of law, electoral democracy, and religious pluralism and this renewed partnership has found champions in the leadership of both parties, including both President Clinton and President George Bush, and has been “further emboldened in the United States by a strong, proud, and growing Indian-American diaspora.” It is no wonder that the partnership has been characterized as the defining partnership of the 21st century, they asserted, telling the Speaker that their understanding was that if invited, the Prime Minister would consent to address the Congress.

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