President Obama's upcoming visit to India a reflection of Indo-US relations: Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said that upcoming visit of President Barack Obama to India reflects the value that both nations place in each other, adding that this clearly indicates that the world's oldest democracy and world's largest democracy are beginning to carry forward the ties.

"President Obama is very excited to be the first US President to be honoured as a chief guest during the Republic Day commemoration. He is also the first sitting American President to be visiting India twice. We think the fact that it is the second visit after the very successful visit of the Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] to Washington really says a lot about the value that both countries place on the criticality of our relationship," Kerry told the media.

Kerry further said that India and the US have now begun to capitalize on the strong connections that exist between the two countries.

"During my discussion with Prime Minister Modi and other officials, we reviewed the progress of our economic relationship and how to take it ahead. What has become very clear is that this is a moment when the world's oldest democracy and world's largest democracy are really beginning to capitalize on our connections to one another and on the promises we have been talking about for some period of time," he said.

Kerry also assured that the US will help Prime Minister Modi's vision of providing uninterrupted electricity to remotest parts of India become a reality.

"We will work towards Prime Minister Modi's vision of supplying power to the poorest of people in India. We believe we could do a great deal to fulfil that goal," he said.