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Atul Keshap, president of the Indo-American Business Council (USIBC), said, “I think as Americans we have an affinity for Indians for their democracy and the pluralism of their system.”
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Atul Keshap, president of the Indo-American Business Council (USIBC), said, “I think as Americans we have an affinity for Indians for their democracy and the pluralism of their system.” Keshap, who has served in several positions in the Ministry of External Affairs, said this during a Congress hearing on the Indo-Pacific organized by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Congress member Abigail Spanberger asked, “How do you think India will try to implement sanctions imposed by many countries around the world on Russia and Russian interests?” To this, Keshap said, “I understand that all countries take their own decisions, they make their own assessments, they take all the information and then decide what is best for them.” At the same time, he said, India is showing entrepreneurial spirit to us.
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