Modi wants global help in fight against climate change

“Closing regulatory loopholes that hamper patent enforcement for medicines, providing a sufficient period of data protection for agrochemicals and medicines, and removing the overly restrictive “enhanced efficacy” criterion for the patentability of medicines would go a long way toward attracting investment in advanced research and manufacturing in India”, the letter said.

Apart from that, there was bilateral content in all the three conversations which the Prime Minister had. Our defense cooperation, including defense training, is expanding.

With growing terrorism threats, Modi said “we have resolved to further deepen cooperation on counter terrorism and radicalism”.

Narendra Modi with Barack Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday.

The talks between Obama and Modi pertains to the global problem of climate change. “We have both set ambitious national agendas”, said he.

This is the crux of India’s approach to the key Paris climate change summit change in December, officials in the know said. “We can apply innovation and technology for achieving Sustainable Development Goals, including combating climate change and conserving Nature”, Modi said. Modi also thanked Obama for the positive response to his call for a global public partnership for developing affordable clean energy sources that will enable faster adoption of clean energy across the world.”We should work together to advance that goal”.

Plus, India already plans to add 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022. Our meeting builds on the progress that was made during the wonderful visit that I was able to make to India, to the Prime Minister’s invitation, and the historic participation that I had with Republic Day.

Earlier, pushing for speedy UN Security Council reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today regretted that nations contributing to peacekeeping operations have no say in decision-making in a changing security environment. I also sought US support to complete the reform process within a fixed time frame.

California also reminds us that India and the United States are part of the dynamic Asia Pacific region. “I am very pleased with their confidence in India and value their constructive feedback and suggestions”, he said.

We will also continue to work towards a stronger bilateral framework of economic cooperation, including the Bilateral Investment Treaty and Totalisation Agreement.

This meeting and my engagement in the USA demonstrate the extraordinary depth and diversity of our relationship. “You can’t have a few countries talking of good and bad terrorists”, he said.

“There was a discussion on Pakistan in one of the meetings in the context of terrorism, broadly the idea was if terrorism has to be fought then all countries have to be on the same page”.

He said India and the United States have found those principles that the governments are there to serve their people and to every one.

“October 2 has a special significance for all of us because it is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a person who was passionately committed to the cause of environment, who was a champion of sustainable development in fact”, foreign ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.

He said the two sides were working on Aircraft carrier technology.