WASHINGTON-- As President Clinton leaves for South Asia this weekend, the India Abroad Center for Political Awareness (IACPA) hopes the President will use this occasion to strengthen ties between the world's two largest democracies.
"I hope that President Clinton will use this historic opportunity to make positive progress in relations between the two nations," said Prem Shunmugavelu, Associate at IACPA. "This visit is not only important for Indian-Americans, but is important for all Americans as relations between the United States and India have not always been positive," he continued.
A group of Congressmen, led by International Relations Committee Chairman Ben Gilman (R-NY), and Ranking Member Representative Sam Gejdenson (D-CT), have circulated a letter among their colleagues that has been sent to President Clinton encouraging him to forge closer relations between the two countries as well.
The India Abroad Center for Political Awareness was founded in 1994, by the publisher of India Abroad, Gopal Raju, and serves the community at large by increasing the political awareness of the Asian Indian-American community and fostering responsible leadership.
