US stands ready to work with Modi: Kerry

Washington, May 21  (IANS): Secretary of State John Kerry said the US stands ready to work closely with India’s next Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the new government to promote shared prosperity and strengthen security.

“The friendship between the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy is absolutely vital…” Kerry said in a statement congratulating the Bharatiya Janata Party on its “resounding victory” in the Indian elections and Modi on his election as prime minister.

The US, he said, is “deeply invested in our strategic relationship. We look forward to strengthening our partnership based on common values, shared democratic traditions, and the binding ties between our peoples”.

“We look forward to strengthening our partnership based on common values, shared democratic traditions, and the binding ties between our peoples,” Kerry added.