New Delhi: In his final overseas trip as National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan announced that the Joe Biden administration will remove restrictions on Indian entities from US export control lists to enhance cooperation in the civil nuclear field between the two countries, but emphasised that the bilateral partnership can only reach full potential by adhering to shared democratic values.

Sullivan made this announcement during his visit to New Delhi on Monday, January 6, just two weeks before the administration’s transition in Washington. The change comes as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for his second term on January 20.

The senior Biden administration official made a public announcement of the decision at a speech delivered at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

He acknowledged that the vision for civil nuclear cooperation, outlined two decades ago by former US president George Bush and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, has not yet been fully realised.

“So today, I can announce that the United States is finalising the necessary steps to remove long-standing regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India’s leading nuclear entities and US companies,” he stated.

Sullivan also noted that the formal paperwork would be completed soon,........

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