'In 2020 the two closest nations in the world will be India and US'

The Rediff Interview | Senator Joseph Biden

December 05, 2006
In a formal step towards the finalisation of the India-US nuclear agreement, United States Senator Joseph Biden, who will take over as chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January, was one of the six Senators appointed on Monday as conferees for the committee that will work out the final legislation for the agreement, that will be be adopted and sent to President George W Bush for his signature.

In the second part of an exclusive interview to Rediff India Abroad Managing Editor Aziz Haniffa, Senator Biden explained that two of the three or four pillars upon which security for the world will be built in the 21st century are India and the United States.