Very excited to invite India to join Pax Silica, says top US official

NEW YORK: (Feb 8) The US has said it is “very excited” to have extended an invitation to India to join the Pax Silica initiative on supply chain security and will be soon signing with the Indian Government, underlining there is “very positive momentum” in relations with New Delhi.

Highlighting the "great relationship" between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Washington also stressed that India is probably the only other country on Earth to be able to "rival China" in terms of the sheer volume of its human talent.

“We are very excited to have extended an invitation for India to join" Pax Silica, and “I’ll be travelling to India in just a couple weeks for a major signing with the Indian Government,” Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg told reporters on Friday.