India, U.S. Must Show The World How Democracy Can Deliver: Kerry

"I met students, researchers, and professors at the Indian Institute of Technology who were developing clean energy technologies," he said referring to his recent visit.

"I spoke with Indian business leaders about opportunities for American companies to participate in India's economic revitalization.

"I joined colleagues from across the State Department and the Obama Administration in a series of in-depth conversations with our Indian counterparts on issues from security, to energy, to educational exchange," Kerry said.

"On each of those issues, and in all my conversations, this truth was crystal clear: our partnership has never mattered more," said the Secretary of State in his Independence Day message.

In another statement, Senator Mark Warner, co-Chair of the Senate Indian Caucus greeted people of India on the occasion of its Independence Day.

"As the Co-Chair of the Senate India Caucus, I want to send best wishes to Indians around the world and Indian Americans here in Virginia, in recognition of all that India has achieved since August 15, 1947," he said.

"We have a unique opportunity to take the U.S.-India relationship to a new level with the recent election of Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi, and I look forward to his speech from the historic Red Fort in New Delhi," Warner said.

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