Through ongoing dialogues and multilateral initiatives, the United States and India are accelerating their engagement to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As the world’s two largest democracies, the United States and India have over 30 bilateral …
The United States and India pledged to strengthen and expand the U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE), to work together toward a successful outcome of UN climate negotiations in Paris in December 2015, and to expand bilateral cooperation …
The signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement sends a long-awaited and unequivocal message that the United States and Afghanistan are determined not just to sustain, but to build on more than a decade of progress. This is a milestone moment for so many …
Defense Cooperation Defense cooperation is one of the pillars of the U.S.-India partnership. President Obama and Prime Minister Modi welcomed the decision to renew for ten years the 2005 Framework for the U.S.-India Defense Relationship and directed their …
The United States-India development partnership, with its focus on harnessing science, technology, innovation, and partnership to identify, test, and scale solutions to global development challenges, is a model for the world. The partnership has seen …
Today we congratulate President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah on this historic inauguration. I have known both of them for many years, and they are both patriots committed to the success of their country. Never has …
On Monday in Kabul, the Afghan people will inaugurate their next president, one who will work in tandem with the country’s first-ever chief executive officer — marking the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan’s history and the first peaceful …
MODERATOR: All right, so welcome, everyone. Thanks for coming. We have some time here – not too much time – but a bit of time to talk about Afghanistan. And this is a background briefing, so no names or titles, please, attributable to a Senior State …
Good morning. It’s an honor to be back at the Asia Society and to welcome you to today’s event. For nearly six decades, the Asia Society has challenged our conception of the region’s geography. It has encouraged us to transcend the physical and political …
We congratulate President-elect Dr. Ashraf Ghani. We look forward to a close partnership with Dr. Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah as they form and work together in the Government of National Unity. Most importantly, we congratulate the people of …
This was a moment of extraordinary statesmanship. These two men have put the people of Afghanistan first, and they've ensured that the first peaceful democratic transition in the history of their country begins with national unity. Americans know very …
U.S. Charge d’Affaires a.i. Ambassador Laura E. Kennedy: Well, thank you for coming. As you know, I’m Laura Kennedy and it’s my pleasure today to introduce our Deputy Secretary of State Daniel Rosenblum. Mr. Rosenblum has visited Turkmenistan a number of …
MR. ABDULLAH: Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to inform our people at this very critical moment of our history that today myself, our teams, and Dr. Ashraf Ghani and his team – we are taking another step forward in the interests of start …
For 13 years, thousands of Afghans have worked alongside our troops and our diplomats, often at great personal risk and many have even lost their lives. When I was in the Senate, I was proud to support the creation of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) …
SECRETARY KERRY: Hi, everybody. How are you? (Applause.) MS. STEPHENS: Well, good morning, Mission India. It’s great to see you all here. It is my great privilege and honor to welcome back to India our Secretary of State, John Kerry. Secretary Kerry, your …
MODERATOR: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to this media interaction. As is usual, we will first have opening statements by the two dignitaries, following which they have agreed to respond to a couple of questions each. We now begin the …
BBC: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, one of the two favorites, claimed there was so much fraud his opponent Ashraf Afghani had stolen the election. So there were various recounts and investigations. Dr. Abdullah declared himself the winner, threatened to form a …
Again and again, through all my visits to your country, I've been struck by one profound fact: Afghans want and deserve a better future. You want to live without fear, to have the best possible education for your children, health care systems that …
The long-standing partnership between the US and India is on the cusp of an historic transformation. Working together, the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy can forge a new era of shared prosperity and security for hundreds …