US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Tuesday highlighted the profound connection between nations by means of the Indian diaspora. Delivering the keynote deal with on the Indiaspora G20 discussion board, Garcetti stated US President Joe Biden had confused to him the significance of India on this planet.

Talking about his “dream” to be in India, the envoy stated he thought he would come again to reside in Bodh Gaya and do a Buddhist research programme.

“But politics got in the way. I got elected to the student council and I promised I would serve, so my India dream kind of died, or so I thought. But the universe has a curious way of connecting people and dreams. Now suddenly I’m living that dream here when President Biden asked me to consider serving here,” the diplomat stated.

“He (President Biden) told me, when he asked me to come here to serve, he said, this is the most important country in the world for me, I think something that no American president has ever uttered in the history of our two countries,” he added.

I assumed it was simply Joe Biden and he tells the candidate for ambassador to Liechtenstein, “Liechtenstein is the most important country in the world. But he actually meant it because I heard him say it to the prime minister during the state visit.”

Highlighting the significance of the Indian diaspora, Garcetti stated 4 million folks characterize 1 per cent of the inhabitants of America however 6 per cent of the tax base.

“They are 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs.”

Garcetti stated the most effective factor “you can have in life is being comfortable crossing borders, navigating between places”.

“We are part of multiple identities. But in reality, we are part of concentric circles,” he stated.

His keynote deal with was on ‘The Indian Diaspora – A Bridge between the United States and India’.