NEW DELHI — U.S. Vice President JD Vance made a strong pitch on Tuesday for further deepening bilateral ties, saying his country is willing to sell more defense equipment and energy to the South Asian nation.
“In India, America has a friend, and we seek to strengthen the warm bonds our great nations already share,” Vance said in a speech at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, the capital of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. He praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the welcome extended to his family and for the prime minister’s leadership qualities many times during the address.
