NEW DELHI, June 28, 2023 — The Asia Society Policy Institute-New Delhi co-hosted the US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on 28 June 2023 at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. In his first policy speech in India as the ambassador of the United States, Garcetti talked of the two nations dreaming together and dreaming big about expanding and modernizing the bilateral relationship for the benefit of the two peoples as well as the world. Garcetti, who was present at the summit meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden in Washington during the third week of June, said he saw 'history being made and future being framed.' Although Delhi and Washington have made steadily expanded their engagement in the last two decades, Amb Garcetti added that Modi and Biden have put the partnership between the two nations on a faster trajectory towards more ambitious goals. "As we work together to invest in peace, invest in prosperity, and invest in the planet to the benefit of our peoples, we'll unlock the full potential of the US-India relationship," Amb Garcetti declared. He concluded by affirming that as India and the United States, "dreaming and succeeding together" can bring "transformative solutions" to some of the world's "greatest challenges." (40 min., 21 sec.)