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U.S. President Barack Obama's Visit to India U.S. President Barack Obama’s Visit to India - A New Chapter in the History of Bilateral Cooperation Executive Summary US President Barack Obama is the first U.S. President to become the Chief Guest on the 66th Republic Day (26th January 2015) in India. His visit and the consequent declarations and agreements have sent a clear signal to the world of a coming long term strategic partnership between the two important democracies of the world. The signed agreements between India and the U.S. had gone beyond the general expectations, covering major international and national issues. Both the countries appear to be satisfied with the visit. After the departure of the U.S. President, further efforts have been put in place to ensure that the visit is successful in taking the bilateral relationship to much higher level in the years to come. Experts are of the opinion that the visit provides an opportunity for both the countries to jointly frame a new geopolitical agenda in Asia, to implement plans with regard to civil nuclear projects in India, involving American companies’ knowhow, and also to strengthen the bilateral as well as multilateral economic cooperation to ensure economic gains for both the countries. Major highlights of Barack Obama's India visit 1. Maritime cooperation in the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean Region 2. Tie up for joint and co-production of defence equipments 3. Advancement of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal 4. Stress on Renewable Energy 5. $4 billion announced for new initiatives, trade missions and infrastructure 6. PM Modi’s promise for 'ease of doing business' by announcing reforms that remove business barriers and restrictions 7. H-1B visa issue and easy migration policy 8. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries for Smart Cities 9. Totalization Agreement 10. President Obama’s remarks on religious tolerance Introduction The beginning of the year 2015 is a remarkable one for the nation as the U.S. President Barack Obama visited India for the Republic Day celebrations as the Chief Guest. This was the first time a U.S. President had the honor of attending Republic Day, which commemorates the adoption of India’s constitution. The momentum, which started during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to United States (U.S.) last year, gained further speed during President Barack Obama’s visit to India. John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, on his visit to India for 7th Vibrant Gujrat Summit (11th to 13th Jan, 2015), affirmed that this is the perfect time to tap incredible possibilities between India and the U.S. Kerry praised Modi’s initiative ‘Make in India’ that would be a win-win situation for the world. Kerry’s visit set the stage for U.S. President to visit India and share strategic objectives with PM Narendra Modi. Together, India and the U.S. have a shared interest in promoting global security, stability and economic prosperity through trade, investment and connectivity. For this reason, India and the U.S. had joined hands for some social concerns, to reduce poverty and to lift people up, to empower women, to provide access to electricity and clean energy and invest in infrastructure and the education system. A country’s growth depends highly on its infrastructure and GDP, a developed country like U.S. had the expertise on both these aspects and India can immensely be benefitted by the bilateral ties with U.S. There were few challenges faced by both the countries related to foreign investments, intellectual property rights, immigration measures etc. in the past. The steps are taken to rectify these issues by both the countries and agreed to take appropriate measures to pave the way of development in the future. The agreements signed between the two countries have raised their bilateral relations to a new and higher level and is likely to give positive results. Some of the important achievements are the nuclear deal, defence ties, renewable energy projects, national, bilateral and multilateral efforts to adapt and mitigate the impact of climate change, promotion of sustained and sustainable ‘inclusive development’, commitment to transparent and rule based markets, fighting terrorism, cooperating on the development of joint ventures on strategically significant projects. The visit had a significant business dimension too with an understanding on nuclear liability, investments in renewable energy, and several capacity building initiatives. India PM Narendra Modi and U.S. President Barack Obama find it essential to commercialise the Indo-US Nuclear deal, the reason was not just the involvement of billions of dollars but the renewable energy plans and international climate change commitments will not be possible without a sizeable nuclear component. The nuclear power and climate change were remarkably clubbed together. Obama also offered to help in financing India’s ambitious solar energy target by investing $2 billion by the US Trade and Development Agency. The two US solar companies that are already having sizeable business in India are First Solar and SunEdison Inc. SunEdison had recently announced at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit that it would set up a $4 billion solar manufacturing facility at Mundra, India jointly with the Adani group. India and U.S. had been the victims of terrorism and faces common security threats. Both the countries show a major concern to combat terrorism leading to defence and security cooperation, enhance counter terrorism efforts, and strengthen defence ties, homeland security cooperation and intelligence sharing mechanism. PM Narendra Modi and U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, at the recent Vibrant Gujarat Summit, condemned the Paris terror attack and stressed on the need for a zero tolerance based approach. Both the leaders stated that India and the U.S. share a responsibility to fight terrorism and remain committed to the freedom of the people. Both the countries stressed the need for concerned efforts including the dismantling of safe havens for terrorist and criminal networks and to disrupt all financial and tactical support for networks such as Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the D-Company and the Haqqanis. India-US interests demand that joint efforts, including real-time intelligence sharing, are expedited to tackle transnational terror groups that target both countries individually and together. Both Modi and Obama emphasized the importance of gender balance and signify that it is our social and cultural duty and humanitarian responsibility to save the girl child and to educate her. Every woman should be able to go about her day, to walk the street, to ride the bus and be safe and be treated with respect and dignity that she deserves. U.S. President Barack Obama addressed a gathering of about 2000 persons at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. Some highlights of the speech are : i) Young women today are part of new generation making their voice heard, standing up, determined to play their part in India’s progress. ii) World without nuclear weapons should be the goal for us. iii) No society is immune by the darkest impulses of man. More often, religion has been used to tap into it. iv) Nations are more successful when their women are successful. Obama is of the opinion that India should be well known for the equality of its democracy as much as it is known for its economic prospects. He strongly and rightly urged India to embrace liberal values alongside national affluence. Detailed View 1. Maritime cooperation in the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean Region PM Modi and Obama released a Joint Strategic Vision statement for the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean region. The statement, which irked China, reaffirms both India and America's concerns on maritime disputes in the South China seas. The Chinese state-run Global Times commented, "Many reports by Western media have pointed out that the US, regardless of historical complications, is putting more efforts into soliciting India to act as a partner, even an ally, to support Washington's 'pivot to Asia' strategy, which is mainly devised to counter China’s rise." According to the official sources, the declaration highlights the close strategic ties between India and the United States, a relationship that can balance the growing strategic presence of China in the greater Indian Ocean region. Obama and Modi agreed to extend a 10- year defense pact that the White House said would allow for deeper military-to-military engagement and increase maritime cooperation. The US-India Joint Strategic Vision for the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean Region singles out the South China Sea to assert the “freedom of navigation and over flight” rights and calls for states to “avoid the threat or use of force and pursue resolution of territorial and maritime disputes through all peaceful means”. The reference to the South China Sea evoked a sharp response from Beijing – which appears to have forgotten its own US-China Joint Statement on South Asia of June 1998 that called for the US and China to “jointly and individually contribute to the achievement of a peaceful, prosperous and secure South Asia”. The specific mention of India’s interest in joining the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum indicates the possibility of enhancing trilateral US-China-India economic and trade cooperation to the benefit of all three and the entire region. Thus, both the US and India are keen to work with China to establish a “rule based global order”. 2. Tie up for joint and co-production of defence equipments India and the US decided to begin the joint manufacturing of four relatively modest military products and explore the development of two more high-end technologies by renewing the defence framework for another 10 years.
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