WASHINGTON, D.C. - India and U.S. can accomplish a lot together, President Barack Obama has said as he welcomed India’s new Ambassador S Jaishankar. During the formal credentialing ceremony at the Oval Office of the White House, Obama welcomed Jaishankar to Washington and wished him success in his responsibilities. “The President said that U.S. and India could accomplish a lot together,”
the Indian Embassy said in a statement. ”Jaishankar, in his remarks to President Obama, conveyed warm greetings from the President and the PM of India to him and Michelle Obama,” it said. Jaishankar assured Obama of his commitment to expand key pillars of the bilateral relationship including economic relations and trade ties, defense and security, energy, science and technology and global issues. Along with Jaishankar, Obama also accepted formal credentials of several other new Ambassadors including those from Pakistan. Pakistan’s former foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani is the country’s new Ambassador to the U.S. “The presentation of credentials is a traditional ceremony that marks the formal beginning of an Ambassador’s service in Washington,” the White House said in a statement. Jaishankar, former Ambassador to China, who played a key role in India-U.S. nuclear deal, arrived in Washington late December, at a time when relationship between two sides was experiencing some tensed moments following the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in an alleged visa fraud case. (PTI)
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