Climate Agreement: Obama's adopted ways to win Modi's heart is unique.

Climate Agreement: Obama's adopted ways to win Modi's heart is unique.

Washington

A former ally of former US President Barack Obama has said that Obama has adopted many unique methods to gain support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Paris Climate Change Agreement. He also extended the date of his annual State of the Union Address to make better coordination with Modi and also made a visit to India by becoming the Chief Guest in Republic Day.

Obama's former private and national security partner, Benjamin Rhodes, has stated in a podcast interview that what steps Obama has taken to bring India's only big power standing in the way of the Parish Climate Agreement. Rhodes said during the debate with former East Asian Affairs Minister Kurt Campbell and former US ambassador Richard Verma in 'The Televise' podcast 'The Asia Group', '' As long as we reached Paris, the main obstacle was India... '

Responding to Richard Verma's questions, Rhodes said that the then-Obama administration had convinced China at the end of 2014 to understand the agreement. In 2014, both countries had announced to reduce their bilateral emissions targets. It became the original point of the Paris agreement. Rhodes said that after the agreement of the two largest emitters, other countries announced their commitments about the agreement. As a result, the climate agreement reached Paris on the verge of implementation. Nonetheless, Rhodes said that the main obstacle was India. He said that Obama had adopted the strategy to win the heart of Modi. He said, "We had to maneuver the date for the address of the 'State of the Union' to visit the state. '

Significantly, Obama came to India on January 26, 2015, as the Chief Guest on the occasion of Republic Day. Obama is the only US president to visit India twice The 'State of the Union' address is the annual program to address the joint session of the Congress (US Parliament) on behalf of the US President. It happens at the beginning of every year. Rhodes said that due to winning Modi's heart Obama helped countries such as South Africa and Brazil get together on the issue of agreement. Terming the talks with Indian officials in Paris as "not a forgettable experience", Rhodes said, "I will never forget." Obama came to the corner. He was the first Indian negotiator present before Modi. They began to present their arguments in front of Obama. I have never seen this before It lasted for about 30 minutes between Obama and Indian negotiators. But till Modi reached there, the President did not succeed. "