Joe Biden administration applauds outgoing envoy

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WASHINGTON: Applauding Taranjit Singh Sandhu for his leadership in strengthening the relationship between India and the United States, senior officials of the Biden administration have said the outgoing Indian Ambassador has made the groundwork for a “thousand flowers to bloom” in the garden of bilateral ties.

A farewell reception was hosted on Monday at the India House in honour of Sadhu, who will retire from the foreign service after more than three decades of a glorious career, later this month. The reception was attended by the Biden administration officials, including Deputy National Security Advisors (NSA) Mike Pyle, Anne Neuberger and Principal Deputy NSA Jon Finer, apart from the think-tank community.

“Ambassador, you have served India well and have made the groundwork for thousands and more than a thousand flowers to bloom,” said Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the White House. Frank Kendall, US Secretary of the Air force, said Sandhu had played a key role in this relationship.