Washington: The US is not sending any election observers to India, but looks forward to deepening and strengthening its cooperation with partners in India, the State Department has said.
“I am not aware of the United States sending any observers. "We don't typically do this with advanced democracies like India," State Department deputy spokesman Vedanta Patel told reporters at his daily news conference on Thursday.
“We certainly look forward to deepening and strengthening our cooperation with our partners in India. And we will just let the elections happen, he said.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections begin on Friday with voting for 102 seats across 21 states and union territories in the first of seven phases of the world's largest electoral process.
Responding to a question, he welcomed the idea of world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi playing a role in peacekeeping in the Russia-Ukraine conflict or the war in Gaza.
"In terms of Russia, Ukraine, if any country is interested in using its voice to stop Russian aggression against the people of Ukraine, we would certainly welcome that," he said.
“In the context of what is currently going on in Gaza, any country that believes they can play a positive role in helping us secure the release of hostages, helping us get additional humanitarian assistance into Gaza, helping us defeat Hamas, So they should definitely be welcomed and welcomed.” To play that role,” Patel said.
“I am not aware of the United States sending any observers. "We don't typically do this with advanced democracies like India," State Department deputy spokesman Vedanta Patel told reporters at his daily news conference on Thursday.
“We certainly look forward to deepening and strengthening our cooperation with our partners in India. And we will just let the elections happen, he said.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections begin on Friday with voting for 102 seats across 21 states and union territories in the first of seven phases of the world's largest electoral process.
Responding to a question, he welcomed the idea of world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi playing a role in peacekeeping in the Russia-Ukraine conflict or the war in Gaza.
"In terms of Russia, Ukraine, if any country is interested in using its voice to stop Russian aggression against the people of Ukraine, we would certainly welcome that," he said.
“In the context of what is currently going on in Gaza, any country that believes they can play a positive role in helping us secure the release of hostages, helping us get additional humanitarian assistance into Gaza, helping us defeat Hamas, So they should definitely be welcomed and welcomed.” To play that role,” Patel said.
