PTI

Washington, October 2

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the Indian-American neighborhood have urged the Indian authorities to open a consulate within the second-largest US metropolis and the leisure capital of the world.

Currently, there are 5 Indian consulates within the US in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston and Atlanta.

During the state go to of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June, it was introduced that India would open two new consulates within the US, considered one of which might be in Seattle. A gaggle of Indian-American organisations and the Los Angeles (LA) mayor are urging that the second consulate must be opened of their metropolis.

“I ask that you consider the city of Los Angeles for a new Indian consulate. It would be my honour to work with you to open and provide continued support for this important platform for engagement and exchange,” Bass wrote in a latest letter to India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

“Tourism between India and Los Angeles is one other supply of mutual profit, and Los Angeles has invested in India with a devoted Tourism Office that opened in 2019 and remained open all through the Covid-19 pandemic,” Bass wrote in her letter, a duplicate of which has been seen by PTI.

With greater than 100,000 Indian guests to Los Angeles yearly, a consulate is not going to solely present essential companies however change into a key accomplice to broaden bilateral cooperation, she stated.

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