"In sum, I would say that the assessment on our part is that the Prime Minister's visit was extraordinarily successful. It has provided a boost in terms of the vision and focus that we have for our bilateral relations," Phil Reiner, Senior Director for India at the National Security Council, told a select group of foreign correspondents here.
"We're excited to be moving forward with a re-energised strategic partnership. The US continues to strongly support a prosperous India that plays an important role in the global stage, and I think the Prime Minister's visit really provided the opportunity for the two leaders to discuss that vision that's necessary in order to set the framework under which we are going to operate going forward," Reiner said.
Obama hosted Modi for a private dinner at the White House and the next day the two leaders met at the Oval Office. He also joined Modi when the latter visited the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial soon after their meeting.
"This visit in some ways went a long ways towards re-energising and re-launching the bilateral relationship. It's a relationship that fundamentally is not just government- to-government. It extends across all aspects of American society, American private sector, and engages the Indian society writ large and the Indian private sector, civil society, academic sector," said Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal.
"So it was quite refreshing and energising to both leaders that the Prime Minister shared his very robust vision for India's transformation, and he talked about the kinds of things that he would like to be working on over his tenure, which I think resonated with the President, resonated certainly with Secretary (of State John) Kerry and all of us who had the opportunity to engage on that," Biswal said.