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The United States and India stock a historical enslaved arsenic the world's oldest and largest democracies, U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Monday (January 26, 2026) arsenic helium greeted India connected its 77th Republic Day celebrations.
Mr. Trump's greetings came amid continuing strain successful ties betwixt the 2 countries implicit a scope of issues, including Washington's policies connected commercialized and tariffs.
"On behalf of the radical of the United States, I widen my heartfelt congratulations to the authorities and radical of India arsenic you observe your 77th Republic Day," the U.S. president said.
"The United States and India stock a historical enslaved arsenic the world's oldest and largest democracies," helium added.
Mr. Trump's connection was enactment retired connected societal media by the U.S. embassy successful New Delhi.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio besides extended greetings to India connected the juncture of the Republic Day and said the 2 nations stock a "historic bond".
"From our adjacent practice connected defense, energy, captious minerals, and emerging technologies to our multi-layered engagement done the Quad, the U.S.-India narration delivers existent results for our 2 countries and for the Indo-Pacific region," helium said.
"I look guardant to moving unneurotic to beforehand our shared objectives successful the twelvemonth ahead," Mr. Rubio said successful a statement.
U.S. ambassador to India Sergio Gor besides greeted India aft attending the Republic Day celebrations astatine the Kartavya Path.
"Happy Republic Day, India! Honored to be the Republic Day Parade for the archetypal time, a solemnisation of India’s Constitution and antiauthoritarian spirit. Thrilled to spot the US-made craft soaring successful the Indian sky, a almighty awesome of the spot of the US-India strategical partnership," helium said.
U.S.-origin transport craft C-130J and Apache helicopters were among the aerial platforms that figured successful the parade.
The India-U.S. ties witnessed a large downturn aft President Donald Trump slapped a whopping 50% tariffs connected Indian goods, including a 25% punitive levy implicit Russian lipid purchases.
Both sides person held aggregate rounds of negotiations past twelvemonth to steadfast up the projected bilateral commercialized deal. However, it could not beryllium sealed yet, mostly successful presumption of Washington's demands to unfastened up India's workplace and dairy sectors.
Apart from the tariff issue, the relations came nether strain connected a fig of different issues that included U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion of ending the India-Pakistan struggle successful May past twelvemonth and Washington's caller migration policy.
