'If you want to see the future, come to...': Garcetti praises India's growth journey

Praising India’s growth journey, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that if someone wants to see the future, they should visit India.

Addressing an event ‘Impact & Innovation: 25 Years of Making Development a Ground Reality’ in Delhi, Garcetti said, “… If you want to see the future, come to India. If you want to feel the future, come to India. If you want to work on the future, come to India. I have the great privilege of being able to do that every single day as the leader of the US Mission.”

The envoy also attended a session with foreign policy experts which was organised by VIF India.

Taking to X, Garcetti said, “Thanks to @VIFIndia for hosting an insightful discussion with foreign policy experts. It’s exciting to see how the United States and India can work together in so many areas to tackle the world’s big problems."

Invoking Swami Vivekananda, he said that the philosopher and religious leader during a visit to the US had once said: “arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached.”    

“As Swami Vivekananda once said during a U.S. visit, “Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached.” Together, let’s work tirelessly towards a brighter future for all,” Garcetti added.

US National Security Advisor also hailed the partnership between India and the United States, saying that the ties have reached a new height with collaboration on technology and other fields.

“The partnership between the US and India, a country in BRICs, has gone to new heights with an engagement across technology and security and so many other dimensions,” NSA Jake Sullivan told reporters at a White House news conference.

Sullivan was responding to questions on the decline in American leadership in the world, in light of Iran, Egypt, UAE, and Ethiopia joining BRICS, and Saudi Arabia mulling over becoming part of it.

“I think if you look at the US role and standing in its relationships across the key regions of the world, we feel very good about where we are,” Sullivan said.    

With inputs from agencies