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No change in US visa policy with regard to Modi: Blake

FP Archives • November 15, 2011, 16:21:40 IST
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Blake said that while Gujarat remains a very important place for American investment, it does not mean any change in US’ stand on issuing Visa to Modi.

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No change in US visa policy with regard to Modi: Blake

Washington: The US today said there is no change in its policy of denying visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. “No, there are no new developments on that,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told reporters here when asked if there is any review of denial of visa to Modi. The US had denied visa to Modi in March 2005 for his alleged complicity in the in the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. Modi had applied for a visa to go to the US for participating in the annual convention Asian American Hotel Owners Blake, however, said Gujarat itself remains a very important place for American investment. “I think it has shown itself to be a very welcoming environment for American business to flourish. We will continue to promote investment, encourage investment into that State,” he said yesterday. [caption id=“attachment_131671” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Blake said Gujarat itself remains a very important place for American investment. Reuters”] ![](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/modi2.jpg "India's main opposition BJP leader Modi attends a party meeting in New Delhi") [/caption] Blake said the US is now trying to build up its relationship with Indian States. “We recently have begun an effort to try to enhance state-to-state ties between our two countries — Special Representative Rita Jo Lewis recently made a trip to India with that in mind — because we believe there are quite significant opportunities for individual American states to do more with their Indian counterparts,” Blake said. “Indeed, there’s quite a lot of dynamism at the state level in India, so we want to just try to capture that, and again, encourage those state-to-state and city-to-city links. So I think you’ll see more of that in our relations over the next several years,” said the US official. PTI

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