Recalling his meeting with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during his first couple of weeks here in India, US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said that upon knowing that he met the actor, everybody in his office went nuts, and could not believe it in the first place.
After completing his education, including a stint studying Hindi and Urdu, inspired by his earlier trip to India, Eric Garcetti embarked on a career in public service.
Praising the defence partnership between the two nations, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that both the US and India are looking for solutions together amid the ongoing shift in nature of warfare.
Stating that religious freedom is an important part of any democracy, the US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said that sometimes New Delhi and Washington can "agree to disagree" on certain things and should not be read negatively.
Garcetti said, "The big fight isn't between each other and these small differences we sometimes have. The big fight is between extremist ideology, dictatorship. We have two democracies that, yes, we have to fight to defend domestically all the time and hopefully internationally the concept o
Referring to the Khalistani marches and the threats issued by Pannun, Garcetti said that the American system protects free speech "for better or for worse," while adding that an American citizen can be convicted or deported only according to the country's laws.
"The United States and India are the most important friends in the world. The two biggest democracies have never been close. The friendship between the leaders is most consequential in a world of aligned democracies," Garcetti said.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti joined the Embassy consular team as over 1000 visitor visa applicants came for the interview and said that the foundation of the US-India partnership is the network of relationships that individuals form when they work, travel and study in the US.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti engaged in discussions on US-India Defense strategy and foreign policy formulation with India's military leaders and educators at the Army War College, Mhow.
He said, "Better together, stronger together--I would say even more delicious together. So we are so excited to launch this booth to encourage our Indian friends to think with us, to cook with us, to plan with us."
Cohen said that Israel joining the International Energy Agency will "strengthen Israel's position in the region, and strengthen Israel's relationship with the US and our neighboring countries."