Erci Garcetti was speaking at the two-day 'US-India Defence News Conclave: Stories of US-India Defence and Security Partnership' conclave in the national capital.
"The US is urging all its partners, including India to pressurise Russia for lasting peace in Ukraine. Russia should get out of Ukraine, This is not the era of war, as Prime Minister (PM Modi) has said," the US official stated.
The Himachal Pradesh University have strengthened ties with the Indiana University of Pennsylvania of the United States in the field of education and have decided to strengthened the student exchange programmes.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday (local time) that the US supports direct discussions between India and Pakistan. However, he noted that pace, scope, and character should be determined by India and Pakistan and not the US.
While addressing a press briefing, Miller stated that the US continues to work with India on the Indo-Pacific strategy and will look forward to doing that with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
Following the Critical and Emerging Technology initiative talks in New Delhi on Monday, India and the US released a joint fact sheet which highlighted the progress on MQ-9B acquisition, and on other defence cooperation sectors between the two nations.
Indian national Nikhil Gupta, suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill the India-designated pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, will be produced at the Federal courthouse in New York on Monday (local time).
A high-level US delegation, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is set to travel to India next week and meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamshala.
Refraining from commenting on the results of India's Lok Sabha elections, the United States on Thursday (local time) said that electoral matters are "matters for Indian people to decide," and added that the US "celebrate the election that happened in India."
Lauding US-India ties at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, the United States Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin said that the relationship with India at present is better than it has ever been, adding that the two nations are co-producing armoured vehicles together.