VIDEO | Mumbai: At Freedom 250 reception, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (
@SecRubio) says, "If you look at geopolitics, no matter what you make, no matter what you innovate, it has to get from you to the places you're sending it to, unless you only want to sell to your own economy. That, requires free and unfettered ability to trade. That requires open sea lanes, as an example. And in particular, for the United States and India, a free and secure Indo-Pacific. On that, one in which no nation can claim dominance or ownership of international shipping lanes. On that issue, we are 100% and perfectly aligned. I could go on and on, but the point is, of course, no two nations on Earth will ever be perfectly aligned on every issue. And of course, there will be times and points of disagreement. But on the core issues that matter, the core issues that define the national interest of both India and the United States, the alignment between our countries is extraordinary. Especially for two countries of this size, especially for two countries of this magnitude, because we can be aligned and not smaller countries don't matter, of course they do. But when you're talking about a country that's approximating 1.5 billion people and the largest economy in the world in the United States, when two powers like that can be aligned on these issues that are going to define the 21st century, then we have an opportunity together to write those pages in the history of the 21st century."
(Source: US Department of State YT)
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