Nikki Haley, Akbaruddin discuss measures to strengthen partnership at UN

New York, April 27: The US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley discussed with her Indian counterpart Syed Akbaruddin the economic and anti-corruption reforms undertaken by India to spur growth and measures to strengthen Indo-US partnership at the world body.

'They discussed peacekeeping reform and India's economic and anti-corruption reforms that have helped businesses and spurred growth,' according to a statement issued by the US mission to the UN.

Akbaruddin said, 'We shared perspectives on how to work together at UN in line with growing India-US ties.'

Indian-American Haley, who



was the Governor of South Carolina before being appointed by President Donald Trump as Washington 's envoy to the UN, has quickly garnered a reputation at the world body for being tough-talking and blunt.

Earlier this month, Haley had said that the US would try and 'find its place' in efforts to de-escalate Indo-Pak tensions and that Trump could play a role in such endeavours.

India had swiftly rejected any US role in resolving Indo-Pak issues, saying the government's position for 'bilateral redressal of all India-pakistan issues in an environment free of terror and violence hasn't changed'.