The strategic embrace, now near than ever ahead, is the result of important common interests and a clear perception of advantages on both sides. Both countries are apprehensive of the long road ahead, but as the PM prepares to wrap up his Official State Visit to the US, the inviting sense is that of a palm- winSitting in the Oval Office at the White House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reminded United States President Joe Biden “ Eight times ago, you said that ‘ our thing is to come India’s best friend ’. This particular commitment to India is inspiring us to take numerous bold and ambitious measures. ” moment India and the US are walking shoulder to shoulder, from the depths of oceans to heights of skies. From ancient culture to artificial intelligence, ” Modi toldBiden.Days before this meeting, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had met China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Blinken said the two countries agreed to “ stabilise ” ties that had deteriorated poorly, but his request for “ better dispatches between their colors ” fell on deaf cognizance. China wasn't prepared to renew military- to-military connections, commodity the US considers pivotal to avoid misapprehension and conflict, particularly over Taiwan, Blinken said after meetingXi.With Modi by his side, Biden told a press conference at the White House on Thursday “ One of the abecedarian reasons that I believe the US- China relationship isn't in the space it's with the US- Indian relationship is that there’s an inviting respect for each other because we ’re both republic. And it’s a common popular character of both our countries our people, our diversity, our culture, our open, tolerant, robust debate. ”