The U.S. and India are each dealing with
domestic political crises: the U.S. with
impeachment, India with widespread protests
and violent clashes in India over a new
citizenship law.
“The world should know that despite all the
noise, the chaos, the media asking questions
that are completely unrelated to the reason
we are here today, that the leaders of our two
nations are working diligently to protect the
American people, to develop a relationship
that’s important strategically for the coming
decades between the United States and India,”
Pompeo said.
“We won’t let the noise and the silliness in
Washington, D.C., distract us from that,” he said
at a news conference with Esper, Indian Foreign
Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indian
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.