While delivering a joint statement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US Vice- President Kamala Harris said that India is a very important partner to the United States. "India is a very important partner to the US. I know that India takes the issue of climate crisis seriously. We believe that the US and India working together can not only have a profound impact not only on the people of our nations but the world," said VP Harris. "We had COVID-19, the kind of crisis and importance of our shared belief in a free and open Indo-Pacific region. On COVID-19, our nations have worked together. Early in the pandemic, India was a vital source of vaccines for other countries. When India experienced the surge of COVID in the country, the United States was proud to support India in its need and its responsibility to vaccinate its people," she added. Prime Minister Modi, who is on a three-day visit to US met Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss a wide range of issues.(Credit: ANI)