tv Up Front 2020 Ep 4 Al Jazeera February 24, 2020 11:32am-12:01pm +03
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sols have access to cooking fuel 600000000 more people have access to basic sanitation and incredibly 12 indian citizens are lifted out of extreme poverty every single minute of every single day igor ha ha india will soon be the home of the biggest middle class anywhere in the world and within less than 10 years extreme poverty in your country is projected to completely disappear. iggie hit the potential for india is absolutely incredible india's rise as a prosperous and independent nation is an example to every nation all over the world and one of the most outstanding achievements of our century it is
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all the more inspiring because you have done it as a democratic 'd country you have done it as a peaceful country you have done it as a tolerant country and you have done it as a great free country was a had there is all the difference in the world between a nation that seeks power through coercion intimidation and aggression and a nation that rises by setting its people free and unleashing them to chase their dreams and that is india. it was a hit this is why india is accomplishment over the last 70 years is completely unraveled no matter where you go it is your faith in the strength of a free society your confidence in your own people your trust in your own citizens
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and your respect for the dignity of every person that makes the united states and india such a natural beautiful enduring friendship. to go ahead with it while our nations have many differences they are both defined and propelled by a fundamental truth the truth that all of us are blessed with divine light and every person to sit down c with a sacred soul. as the great religious teachers swami vivekanand a common none to one to say god with the mom and i stand in reference before every human being and see god in him that moment i am free. was in america and in india we know that we are all born for
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a higher purpose to reach toward our fullest potential to work toward excellence and perfection and to give glory to god god. powered by this spirit indians that americans are always striving to be greater our people are always seeking to be better and so our nations have become thriving centers of culture and commerce and civilization giving light and vitality to all of the world this is the country that produces nearly 2000 movies a year from the hog of genius and creativity known as bollywood was the. all over the planet people take great joy in scenes of bhangra music dance
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romance and drama at classic indian films like d d l j was show was this is the country where your people cheer on some of the world's greatest cricket players from su chin tendo to was was greater than the world. this is the country that built the tallest statue on the face of the earth to honor the namesake of this stadium the great indian patriot a native of this day sardar was india is the country where hundreds of billions of light candles to celebrate the triumph of good over evil act diwali
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god where just days from now the indians of all faiths poor out onto the streets to celebrate the beautiful sasebo of holy god and it is a country that. proudly embraces freedom liberty individual rights the rule of law and the dignity of every human being in your nation has always been hit by it around the earth as the place where millions upon millions of hindus and muslims and sikhs and jains buddhists christians and jews worship side by side in harmony. where you speak more than 100 languages and come from more than 2 dozen states yet you have always stood strong as one great indian nation was your
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unity is an inspiration to the world in america we have come to know the splendor of indeed culture personally through the for our indian americans living in the united states as our wonderful friends colleagues and neighbors they are truly spectacular people. indian americans and rich every aspect of our national life they are titans of business the biggest the best pioneers of science masters of the art and innovation of technology like few people have been able to see no matter where you go anywhere in this universe nearly one in 4 indian americans trace their roots right here in iraq. was your right as
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a special place. would be half of the entire american people thank you and thank you all for the contributions your culture and traditions have made to my beloved country now. ah americans are eager to strengthen these beautiful ties between our 2 people this is truly an exciting time in the united states our economy is booming like devore before our people are prospering and spirits are soaring there is tremendous love tremendous like we like and we love everybody unemployment has hit historic lows and spoke business confidence has hit and all time record high in the history of our country our military has been completely rebuilt it is doused stronger than ever before and we are quickly
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revitalizing our alliances and friendships all around the world we have spent 2 and a half trillion dollars on rebuilding our military it's the most powerful military anywhere in the world by far. ahead. that is why i have come here to india in the spirit of fondness and goodwill to expand our cherished partnership of incredible power and potential the 1st lady and i have just had a pleasure of visiting mahatma gandhi's ashraf arm a few miles from here where he launched the famous salt march. and tomorrow in delhi we will lay a wreath planted tree at raj's guy in october of this leader
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who is revealing all around the world and the 1st lady and i look forward to visiting one of your country's most iconic landmarks. we are later today going to see the majestic taj bah it was a it the prime minister and i will also continue our important discussions about how to deepen the relationship between our 2 great countries both of us understand that when leaders put the interests of their own citizens 1st we could forge strong and fair partnerships to build a safer and more prosperous world just months ago this critical partnership took a major step forward when the u.s. military and you a brave indian armed forces conducted the 1st ever air land and sea military exercises between our 2 countries it was something to behold we called it tiger
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triumph it was as we continue to build our defense cooperation the united states looks forward to providing india with some of the best and most feared military equipment on the planet we make the greatest weapons ever may airplanes missiles rockets ships we make the best and we're dealing now with india but this includes advanced air defense systems and armed and unarmed aerial vehicles. and i am pleased to announce it tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over 3000000000 dollars in the absolute finest state of the art military helicopters and other equipment to the indian armed forces if you are
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getting and i believe that the united states should be india's premier defense spotter and that's the way it's working out together we will defend our sovereignty security at protect a free and open indo-pacific region for our children and for many many generations to come to the united states and india are also firmly united in our ironclad resolve to defend our citizens from the threat of radical islamic terrorism was both of our countries have been hurt by the pain and turmoil of terrorism and that terrorism brings under my administration we unleashed the full power of the american military on bloodthirsty killers of isis in iraq and in syria today the isis territorial
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california was has been 100 percent destroyed. and the mindset known as our baghdadi the founder and leader of isis is dead was a coup in the united states we have also made clear that while a country will always welcome newcomers who share our values and love our people our borders will always be closed to terrorists and terrorism and to any form of extremism that is why we have taken historic steps to improve screening and vetting of applications for entry and we are working to ensure that anyone who threatens the security of our citizen system night admission and will pay a very very big costly price was a hit every nation has the right to secure and
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controlled borders. the united states and india are committed to working together to stop terrorists and to fight their ideology. it for this reason since taking office my administration is working in a very positive way with pakistan to crack down on the terrorist organizations god military was at ottawa on the pakistani border are getting our relationship with pakistan is a very good one thanks to these efforts we are beginning to see signs of big progress with pakistan and we are hopeful reduce tensions quatre stability and the future of harmony for all of the nations of south asia india as it important
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leadership role to play in shaping a better future as you take on greater responsibility for solving problems and promoting peace throughout this incredible region over the course of my visit prime minister modi and i will also discuss our efforts to expand the economic ties between our 2 countries we will be making very very major among the biggest ever made trade deals. a have we are in the early stages of discussion for an incredible trade agreement to reduce barriers of investment between the united states and india and i am optimistic that working together the prime minister and i could reach a fantastic deal that's good and even great for both of our country's political except that he's a very tough to go shitter. since by integration.
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commerce between our 2 nations has increased by more than 40 percent india's dower a major market for american exports and the united states is india's largest export market was a booming america is a great thing for india and it's great for the world and that's why we're so happy to announce that we have had the greatest economy ever in the history of the united states in america we have proven that the best way to attract jobs and opportunity is to reduce burdens on businesses knocked out barriers to new investment and eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy red tape regulation and taxes prime minister modi has already made significant reforms here in your country as
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you very well done the world looks forward to even more rapid improvement to india's business climate under his leadership he wants to do it and he's doing it at a record pace 2 years ago prime minister modi warmly welcome to my daughter evolve into to the global entrepreneurship summit in hyderabad and she is back with us today of aka thank you thank you for being a hit. we are delighted to be joined as well by dozens of indian women entrepreneurs who are helping to build your nation's future they are great and natural hard to producers and i just say to the men be very careful they're really good. guy. the united states and india are also working closely together on the future of
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space x. . you are making impressive strides with your exciting chandra's jaan lunar program are our it is moving along rapidly far ahead of schedule in america looks forward to expanding our space cooperation with india as you push even further you are pushing the limits and that's a great thing including in the realm of human spaceflight. the united states it india will be friends and partners on our voyage into the stars and into space it is truly extraordinary what this nation has achieved in the span of just one lifetime and what they have done under the leadership of prime minister modi it is absolutely incredible mr prime minister congratulations to god you have come so far but it is nothing compared to
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with how far india will go into the future and the prime minister is laying the foundations for a future like few other countries can even think of this nation is blessed with many treasures from the sacred banks of the ganges to the golden temple and the john them as kid it is the home to some of the most cherished cultural heritage anywhere on earth it is also the land of stunning vistas and astounding natural wonders from the rugged peaks of the himalayas to the splendid sure go of and india has always been a wellspring of deep wisdom and great ideas from divest oz and the ancient epics all the way to the bottom india nation. but standing
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before all of you today i know that the true strength of india is not found in its textbooks its landmarks or its landscapes the true strength of india is found in 125000 beating hearts in this stadium and the millions and millions of people who have seen a what was our greatest red chip was rationed today. it is all found in the soul and the spirit of the indian people your courage won and secured this station's independence your devotion built this great and enduring democracy and it is your dreams that will power this country to a future even greater progress prosperity equality and opportunity for every citizen across your lead so today i say to every indian north and south
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hindu and muslim jewish and christian rich and poor young and old take pride in the glories of your past unite for an even brighter future and let our 2 nations always stand together as powerful defenders of peace and liberty and the hope of a better world for all of humanity thank you again prime minister modi for your hospitality and thank you india where this phenomenal welcome. i want to just leave by saying god bless india god bless the united states of america we love you we love you india very much thank you god the ignorant and you have been listening to us president ronald trump interests on the crowd there and india mess. welcome by
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a crowd of. multiple times about $125000.00 people in this cricket stadium he spoke of the relationship the mutual like that he and prime minister narendra modi have for each other about the similarities between the 2 countries and how he is trying to improve relationships he also mentioned specifically how the what the 2 countries shared is fighting radical islamic terrorism as he put it it made no mention though of what has been happening in kashmir and how muslims there have been targeted and also about the new policies that largely significantly limit the number of muslims that are allowed to emigrate to the country so we've just lost that but you know what we're going to do right now is we're going to go to elizabeth for autumn though who has been listening in to this is well she is and we're all of this is happening liz what else did you hear.
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well michel you know if the indian government rolled out the red carpet for the u.s. president he will certainly on his own charm offensive i mean he's praised india indians and prime minister that into more the you know starting from india's ancient spiritual traditions to bollywood's to india's greatest cricket players and so on and so forth getting huge cheers from the crowd interesting the rachelle perhaps the biggest cheers from this you know more than 100000 people at the stadium was when he spoke about working closely with pakistan to fight you know what he called it terrorism so that does give you an idea about. what this crowd wanted to hear and he certainly said all of the right things he did speak about the things that these 2 countries spoke a lot about the things that these 2 countries have in common interesting lee he did say that you know it's religious freedom and diversity and that's something that
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prime minister that interim order also spoke about and as you mentioned no mention that we wouldn't expect him to mention the citizenship nor which leaves out for muslims which fast track citizenship to religious minorities but excludes muslims and that have seen 2 months of protests that is something that u.s. officials have said that they that president trump will bring up with the prime minister morty probably in private they say ok stay close we'll come back to you shortly bill going to talk a little bit more about what these with these 2 men have been talking about let's go to prime shankar he's the former ever mation advisor to the indian prime minister. saying he joins us now. via skype from go was so sorry what does have to chew have been hearing what what similarities do you see between these 2 men. i bust it could confess that i heard him barkley largely with disbelief.
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he talked about tolerance india's tolerance india's peacefulness india's religious pluralism but these are all under 3 things that have been under threat for the last 6 or 6 years and which have been reported about extensively in which president trump has actually spoken earlier in veiled terms but saying that you know india can do better. but he so i did not know whether this was treaties or warning or a bit of bulls and i came to the conclusion that on balance there's a lot of preez but there's just a lot of warning which is that look everything between you and us is ultimately conditional on your being the country that everyone thinks of you as and b.'s don't change it i think that in the central message of all the huge amount of love i think there is a very clear message inside. look at your explain that again break that down for me
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a little bit more what you're saying that a warning in what way. well you know when you. can a country that one different because you go this this and this and you look but you will get this this and this are exactly the 3 things that the government in that country is actually trying to use is paid no attention to and big deal 3 things our tolerance. standards really just pure islam and in fact peace peace with its neighbors and peace 1000000 the country none of these have to go to have any prominence whatever the more the government. you know we are dealing with. you have. by and by let me ask you one question why is he making this get big grid gendry in india in gujarat you can make an i want to do it
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in duty ok but. not that it would not be disruptive ok a bit but bear with me for a moment here because and truth donald trump often says things that aren't actually based in reality he does that often so might it not not be that he's necessarily saying this is what i would like you to be he he is very clear on what it is he actually threw a simple there is similar when it comes to their hardline stance on on immigration and on muslims these 2 men share that vision do they not. yes i don't think that this is i cannot agree with you darren trump's hardline on indignation is is comes out of economic concerns in india how do we have a how and how does it know not away all the how how so yes i can tell you yes i would love to look in the last 30 years than we did industrialization in the us 72 percent of all because you have goods consumed in the us no produced in china the.
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blue collar working class has been downsized to export was not existence and the only joy the choice of jobs that they could have one 3rd of the salary and with very little social security in this enormous a sector this is not a star star star sorry were specific and when i met were specifically or specifically talking about donald trump's limitation from muslim countries we're not talking about the other issue and what i'm saying is how is that not similar to the policies of iran for modi. i don't know whether there has been any religious reason for preventing people from coming from mexico let america. in the american thing i have never heard of one but in our. citizenship amendment act and the other 2 things. muslims that this is strictly excluded
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from those who are given special treatment or who you know from a system you know easy asylum from but from religious persecution in other countries now this is a very important difference it's a difference that they're trying to call anywhere in the american system american constitution and it doesn't actually find any it were but it is being practiced and it is the center of all the problems and all of the tension that there is in the country so of course that a quite different they're really doing the same thing which are quite different reasons and this is you know that does not make them similar. do you think that president ronald bring up the issue of what has been happening and a lot with a lot out in kashmir. i don't know whether he was bigger work ashmit my strong feeling is that he will not speak about kashmir alone i'm pretty sure of that.
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