Sergio Gor sworn-in as U.S. Ambassador to India

Praising India arsenic “one of the world’s oldest civilisations” and “the largest state successful the world”, United States President Donald Trump presided implicit the swearing-in ceremonial of Sergio Gor arsenic the adjacent U.S. Ambassador to India, underscoring the captious value of the U.S.-India partnership

Mr. Trump said helium was entrusting Mr. Gor to further fortify strategic, economic, and information ties with New Delhi, portion deepening America’s “fantastic relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Making remarks from the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said, “Today we are thrilled to beryllium present for the swearing-in of our adjacent Ambassador to India and peculiar envoy to South and Central Asia, which is simply a large woody and Sergio volition grip it amended than anybody could grip it. I privation to congratulate Sergio”

Present astatine the swearing-in ceremonial were U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary Scott Bessent, Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Erika Kirk and respective senators.

In his remarks during the swearing-in ceremonial of Sergio Gor, the U.S. President said, “I’m trusting Sergio to assistance fortify our country’s 1 of the astir important planetary relationships, and that is the strategical concern with the Republic of India. It’s a large deal. India is simply a location to 1 of the world’s oldest civilisations, the largest state successful the satellite and it has got implicit 1.5 cardinal radical and we person a fantastic narration with Prime Minister Modi and Sergio’s enhanced that due to the fact that he’s go already affable with Prime Minister. Knowing that Sergio is going to beryllium the Ambassador, they would telephone perpetually to say, ‘let’s get to cognize this man’ and they similar what they see.”

“I cognize you’re gonna person a large occurrence implicit there. It’s a precise important relationship. It’s besides the fastest-growing mediate people and it’s an important economical and strategical information spouse successful the Indo-Pacific region. It’s an astonishing country”.

“As the Ambassador, Sergio volition enactment to fortify our country’s bond, beforehand investments successful cardinal US industries and technologies, summation American vigor exports, and grow our information cooperation”, helium further added.

After taking the oath, Mr. Gor thanked Mr. Trump for entrusting him with the work of the narration with India and said, “I look guardant to enhancing the narration betwixt our 2 nations. I look guardant to doing a large occupation for you”.

In August, Mr. Trump nominated Sergio Gor arsenic India’s adjacent Ambassador and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.

During his grounds earlier the Senate Foreign Relations Committee successful September, Gor had emphasised that India is “one of the astir important relationships our federation (U.S.) has successful the world.”

Ahead of his swearing-in, helium had visited India successful October and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, EAM S. Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval.