The USA winning the T20 World Cup game against Pakistan has stunned many, including the US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, who was a speaker at the Asia Society event in California. He paused during his speech and asked the audience what happened at the match, and got excited to learn that the USA won. He could not believe and said, “Thank you India… Wow seriously the USA won… I felt there was little chance that is amazing they won.”
The United States plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2024, according to U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti.
Calling it the “most consequential relationship” that is passing through a “historic era”, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, asserted on Tuesday that the ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate Sikh radical Gurpatwant Singh Pannun will not affect ties between Washington and New Delhi.
Addressing the issues of visa backlogs, and recalling President Joe Biden’s order to reduce the visa time for Indians, the Ambassador of the United States to India, Eric Garcetti said that the challenge is heard “loud and clear” and added that he is proud of the work done in just one year to reduce the visa wait time by three quarters.
Praising his host country’s developmental journey, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti said that anyone who wants to “see the future” should come to India. He called it a “great privilege” to head the US mission in India. In his address at the ‘Impact & Innovation: 25 Years of IPE Global Making Development a Ground Reality’ event in Delhi, Garcetti said that if anyone wants to work on the future, they should come to India.
US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti said India and the United States are working together in the investigation of the alleged foiled assassination plot against Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and that a ‘red line’ should not be crossed between the two countries.
US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, on Monday extended Holi wishes to the people of India. In a video message shared on X, the US envoy Garcetti expressed warm wishes to all celebrating the festival of Holi. “I want to wish everybody a very happy Holi. We have this amazing gujiyas, which has a little bit of an American twist with some pistachios in here, beautiful rose water. There’s no better way than to celebrate Holi across the Indo-Pacific together,” Garcetti said in a video message while showcasing special Gujiyas adorned with an American twist.
US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said India and America are paving the way for a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific as he hailed the ongoing joint exercise between the two nations, on Tuesday. A bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise between India and the US — ‘Tiger Triumph-24’ — commenced on Monday and will continue on India’s Eastern Seaboard till March 31.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Monday joined the Embassy’s consular team to interview over 1,000 visitor visa applicants, according to a press release from the US Embassy. The US Embassy in New Delhi had the first of its four “Super Saturday” visa processing events, which were planned for 2024 and the US envoy came to assist the embassy team.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti paid a visit to the iconic Golden Temple in Amritsar recently. Ambassador Garcetti said he shared a deep personal desire to visit the Golden Temple, saying, “It’s been a dream of mine to come to the Golden Temple ever since I was a little boy.” He said his parents had visited the Sikh shrine in their 20s soon after they got married, and had shared, painting vivid pictures of the temple’s beauty and significance to him as a child.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Monday visited the US mission in the national capital New Delhi to oversee the “unprecedented demand” for US visitor visas among the Indians.
The US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, on Wednesday, said the “great minds” back in his homeland and India can find more paths to peace. “I’m so proud to see the United States of America and India working together for a more peaceful world. But we have to innovate. The world is changing more in the next five or 10 years than it’s changed in the last 100 years. But the great minds in India and the great minds in United States can work to find more paths to peace,” he said.
The US Consulate General in Mumbai has eliminated the visa backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and said that the applicants can schedule their appointments for immigrant visa interviews within the standard time frame, informed the US Consulate General Mumbai press release.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, on Tuesday, said President Joe Biden told him that India is the most important country in the world to him. “He (President Biden) told me, when he asked me to come here to serve, he said, this is the most important country in the world to me, I think something that no American president has ever uttered in the history of our two countries…Indian Americans constitute six per cent of taxpayers in the US…” Garcetti said.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Friday shared his delight and said that he is excited to elevate India-US relations during his tenure as today he completed 100 incredible days as the US ambassador to India.
Highlighting the bond between New Delhi and Washington, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti said that working as an envoy in India is a “fun job.” While addressing the event “US National Day celebrations” in Mumbai, Garcetti on Thursday said, “I am Eric Garcetti and I get to serve as President Biden’s ambassador from the United States to India. I have to say, it is the most fun job I have ever had in my entire life. I’m going to eat my way through India. I’m going to advance my way through India. But more importantly, together with you, we are going to write a new chapter on US-India relations.”
Hailing Indian artwork and its historical contribution to the world, United States Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti on Monday said that the US government is working to pave the way for returning more artwork that needs to be in India, as a permanent part of new India-US friendship.
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday discussed with United States Ambassador Eric Garcetti about advancing cooperation between both countries to check terrorism, drug trafficking and security domains. The discussion was held during a meeting between Shah and the US envoy at the North Block office of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, on Wednesday, said that the wait time for first-time tourist visa interviews has been reduced by more than 50 per cent, adding that goal for 2023 is to process at least one million visas. Speaking at IIT Delhi, Garcetti highlighted the progress made in visa processing, stating that the US Mission in India is currently processing visas faster than ever before.
President Joe Biden has re-nominated Eric Garcetti, the former mayor of Los Angeles, as the next ambassador to India, sending back the nomination to the US Senate whose Foreign Relations Committee, which clears all ambassadorial appointments, had sent it back to the White House a year ago.
Perhaps the most notable outcome to be expected from the new US Congress that will emerge from the November 8 midterm elections would be President Joe Bidens nominee for Ambassador to India, a position that has been vacant for nearly two years.
With the nomination of Eric Garcetti as Ambassador to India languishing in the Senate, the US is sending the fifth career diplomat, Elizabeth Jones, to act as its envoy in New Delhi.
