India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured "very significant outcomes" on both bilateral and multilateral levels during a whirlwind visit of about 55 hours and India could share its thoughts on a global platform.
"I am sure the outcomes from this will stand us in good strength as we move ahead," Misri said, briefing reporters on Prime Minister Modi's visit that had meetings with US President Joe Biden and other leaders, participation in the Quad and United Nations summits, and speaking at a rally of the diaspora.
Still, despite the brevity, "We've had very significant outcomes in the bilateral, in the unilateral and in the multilateral domains," he said. It has "enabled India to say its piece and share its thoughts on a global stage.".
There was "a very strong technology element," he said, not only with the roundtable of tech CEOs but also in the joint statement of the Quad, the US-India bilateral factsheet, and Prime Minister Modi's other settings.
The CEOs roundtable of tech at this moment felt that things like AI, quantum computing, are changing the world as they know it and the belief in India that "technology can be a driver of seminal change for the nation, but also for countries of the global south in general, which should not be left behind in this race for technology." "They felt that India could play a leadership role in this regard," he said.
The DPI that rolled out for payments, for identity, and for documentation for India has shown a third way to the world of how digital prowess could be leveraged for social and public good, not just in one country but scalable for the rest of the world," he said.
"It also gave an opportunity to reflect on how technology has become a core driver of the India-US strategic partnership," he added.
The roundtable included key CEOs from major tech companies like Google, Nvidia, Global Foundry and IBM, and bioscience giants like Moderna and Biogen, among others.
A joint fact sheet published by the White House relates that President Biden agreed to collaborate with PM Modi on driving new AI innovation opportunities, R&D collaboration enhancement on advanced semiconductor processors, and increased support for India's National Quantum Mission.
Asked if the reported meeting between Khalistani Sikhs and White House officials, and cases filed against the Indian government and some officials by Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun would impact India-US relations, Misri said, "We are quite clear in so far as the big story here is concerned, which is the very important relationship between India and the United States, we intend to keep working on that.".
He dismissed all attempts to introduce irritants and said, "If you want details with regard to that and what the motivation of these things is, what the purpose is, and what ends this is supposed to serve, I think it would be better to direct this question to people who are directly involved in this."
India had abstained on last week's General Assembly resolution endorsing the World Court ruling that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip was illegal and demanding its withdrawal from there.
Questioning if it had found a place in the meeting of Prime Minister Modi with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas, Misri said the Palestinian leader "did explicitly state that he was very appreciative of India's support, not just for humanitarian assistance, but also for India's political support to Palestine on the international stage".
The Summit of the Future adopted a Pact for the Future committing the world leaders to an action plan to meet the challenges facing the world and the UN, and it called for speeding up the Security Council reform process.
Misri said that it was significant that "for the first time, a UN summit document has a detailed paragraph on UN Security Council reform."
"So it may not have every single detail in every area that we would imagine or we would like there to be, but I think it's a good beginning and we look forward eventually to the beginning of text-based negotiations in a fixed time frame going forward," he added.
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