India-US Defence Ties Among "Great Success Stories": Biden's Envoy Pick
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Eric Michael Garcetti, 50, is currently serving as the Mayor of Los Angeles and is a personal confidant of US President Joe Biden.
The growing defence trade between India and the US is one of the major success stories of the bilateral relation, US President Joe Biden's nominee for next envoy to New Delhi has told lawmakers.
Eric Michael Garcetti, 50, is currently serving as the Mayor of Los Angeles and is a personal confidant of Mr Biden.
Mr Garcetti, during his confirmation hearing as US Ambassador to India, said that he fully supports the law of the land, the implementation of CAATSA and part of that is the waiver provision.
He was responding to a question on enforcement of CAATSA sanctions on India now that New Delhi has started receiving delivery of the S-400 missile system from Russia.