Commending the people of India for using the fundamental right to vote in the just-concluded general elections, the White House praised India as one of the most vibrant democracies in the world.
National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby congratulated the people of India for taking active interest in determining the future governance of their country.
On the India-US relations during the term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House official said, "Over the past three years, our alliance with India has grown significantly closer."
“You saw it on a State visit. We have launched all kinds of new initiatives working on critical emerging technologies together and bolstering and expanding the relevance of the Indo-Pacific Quad which India is a part of and then just the people-to-people exchanges and the military cooperation that that we share with India,” Kirby elaborated.
Elaborating further, he said, “It is a very vibrant very active partnership and uh and we’re grateful for Prime Minister Modi’s leadership.”
On being asked if President Joe Biden considers India and Japan, both Quad partners, as xenophobic, the White House official, Kirby said that the president's remarks were made in the context of a broader discussion.
"I mean the president was making a broader point here about the vibrancy of our own democracy here in the United States and how inclusive and participatory it is," Kirby said in explanation.
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