Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has stated that China must respect India’s borders and that he’ll work in the direction of New Delhi getting essential US applied sciences like another key allies together with Israel, Japan and South Korea.

Ro Khanna, co-chair of the Congressional India Caucus who’s main a bipartisan Congressional delegation right here, hoped that India can play a job in effecting peace between Russia and Ukraine.

“It’s very important that we keep India’s sovereignty.…They (China) need to respect India’s border and this is why I went to the Western Naval Command. We are working very closely with the American Navy to make sure the Arabian Sea remains free for navigation and that the Indian Ocean remains free, and we will continue to strengthen that relationship,” Khanna informed ANI in an interview.

Answering a question about discussions on democratic and human rights throughout his India go to, the Congressman acknowledged that each India and US are democracies and recognising minority rights and pluralism helps turn into higher democracies.

“I believe that both America and India are important democracies that they have to move towards becoming even better democracies. And that means recognizing pluralism, recognizing minority rights, making sure that every person is treated with equality,” Khanna stated.

“These are conversations as good friends as allies that we need to continue to have with respect. I will say I have had these conversations in India and they’ve been welcomed….and the government has been welcoming me having these conversations”, he added.

Strongly condemning the assault on the India consulate in San Francisco by Khalistani separatists, Khanna stated that there will be no violence towards an embassy.

“There was no place for that and I condemned it very strongly. There can be no violence against an embassy, against a consulate in America and there is no space for a separatist movement,” he stated.

“Punjab is a part of India, that is a settled question. We need to make sure everyone is treated equally, whether Hindu, Christian, Sikh or Muslim. Punjab is a part of India,” he added.

Asked about India’s G20 Presidency and the Russia-Ukraine battle, Ro Khanna stated that India has an ideal alternative for management and may play a job in establishing peace.

He stated there must be a ceasefire as it’s affecting commodity costs globally.

“We need to have Ukraine’s sovereignty restored, but there also needs to be peace. There needs to be a ceasefire, otherwise, this is affecting wheat prices. It’s affecting oil prices, not to mention the loss of human life…so hopefully India can play a role in getting peace,” the Congressman stated.

Khanna hailed the latest go to of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US and termed it a “big success”.

He stated bilateral ties have by no means been stronger.

“The PM’s visit was a big success. The announcement of the jet engine deal with GE, Air India buying almost 200 aircraft from Boeing is very important for the American economy and as the chair of the India-US Caucus, I am going to make sure that India has access to the critical technology like Israel, Japan, South Korea, like our key allies,” he stated.