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India, US can fight terror and strengthen trade ties: Milind Deora
“We are hopeful that a bilateral trade agreement will be concluded between both countries very soon,” he said.
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Lalit K Jha - Thu, 05, Jun 2025
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Milind Deora (center) with the Indian delegation. / Lalit K Jha
Member of Indian parliament from the Shiv Sena political party Milind Deora said on June 4 in Washington that the India-U.S. joint endeavour against terrorism is part of a partnership built on the strong and deepening economic ties between them.
He was responding to questions as a member of the Indian multi-party delegation the U.S. on Operation Sindoor, about whether the countries his delegation visited asked them about India having concrete evidence of Pakistan’s hand in the Pahalgam terror attack.
Deora answered in the affirmative, explaining: “Nobody will bring it up because…Pakistan has no international credibility and the first response we receive from anyone we've met from Guyana to the United States is that we understand Pakistan is a, if you want to call it, a rogue state, a banana republic. And people very clearly understand that India has nothing to gain by responding to Pakistan unless there's credible evidence.”
He wondered “who would be asking us to prove something against Pakistan when the whole world knows” about 26/11, a reference to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Deora sought to focus on India-U.S. bilateral ties and cooperation on several issues, which includes shared understanding on economy, terrorism and other issues that have re-shaped the ties in recent times.
He said: “I think there are other fundamentals based on which this relationship between India and the US has completely transformed. We both understand cross-border terrorism very well. We understand Pakistan sponsor terrorism extremely well. Broadening that scope of cooperation in that area is extremely critical. That has been growing in the last few years and few decades and that's why…we received a very, very warm welcome on Capitol Hill Congressmen, senators chairing the House Foreign Relations Committee, people associated with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the India caucus issued unequivocal unconditional statements in support of India and condemning Pakistan.”
He raised the economic aspect of the bilateral ties as well. “And the most critical is in the area of trade and investments. We are hopeful that a bilateral trade agreement will be concluded between both countries very soon. And I think both countries after COVID have begun to re-look at and rethink their supply chains, look at reshoring jobs to America, to India, both have an America first, India first policy, bring employment opportunities back to our countries.”
Deora talked about India being a key investment destination for the Americans. “Not only are Indian investments in America growing rapidly, but American investments in India have also delivered massive results to investors back home. A few examples of that, a company like Blackstone, which has deployed about 50 billion in India's real estate today, the second largest real estate market for Blackstone outside of America is India.”
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