How Global Leaders Saw Dr Manmohan Singh: ‘When He Speaks, People Listen’ | India US Relationship

Antony Blinken: The United States offers our sincere condolences to the people of India for the passing of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, breathed his last on Thursday, December 26. While India mourned his death, the world bid goodbye to a “wise, thoughtful” leader.Dr Manmohan Singh is remembered as the architect of India’s economic reforms. India faced its worst economic crisis and was on the brink of a sovereign default. The 1990-91 Gulf War had led to sharp increase in oil prices and a fall in remittances from the Indian workers working overseas led to the sharp depletion in India’s forex reserves at less than $ 6 billion. India’s forex reserves had shrunk to cover only three weeks of imports. n18oc_indiaNews18 Mobile App – https://onelink.to/desc-youtube