US President Joe Biden on Tuesday unexpectedly skipped the gala dinner at the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, returning to his hotel room for the evening.
US State Department Spokesperson Zed Tarar said that India and United States have always been on the same page as far as several global issues are concerned.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked US President Joe Biden for his constant support for strengthening the India-US partnership and expressed confidence that both countries would continue to maintain close coordination during India's G-20 Presidency.
Hailing India's rapid progress and its 75-year-old long development journey in Bali, PM Modi said there is a lot that India can give to Indonesia as he recalled how India has become the world's fastest-growing large economy to being number one in global fintech.
The three deceased, who were football players, were fatally shot on the University of Virginia campus on Sunday night, The New York Times reported. A suspect was later detained on Monday.
On the sidelines of the G20 summit, China's President Xi Jinping discussed the Taiwan issue and explained China's position on the same, saying the Taiwan question is at the very core of China's core interests and the bedrock of the political foundation of China-US relations.
US President Joe Biden on Monday said that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is "willing to compromise on certain key issues," while delivering comments to media in Bali.
President Biden raised US objections to China's coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan, which undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the broader region, and jeopardize global prosperity, a White House statement said.