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Obama
visit will help India get UNSC seat, hopes Indian envy to US
Friday, September 17, 2010 10:46:40 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington:
India's ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, has expressed the
hope that US President Barack Obama's visit would propel India
towards a permanent seat in the UN Security Council to realise the
full potential of their strategic partnership.
India hoped that Obama's visit "would prove to be a major step
forward in not only consolidating what our two democracies have
jointly achieved but also for working together in areas where we
are yet to see concrete progress, including genuine reform of
international institutions with India given its due place", she
said at the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs Wednesday.
"The growing support for a permanent seat for India in the UN
Security Council would no doubt go a long way in enabling India to
play its role to its full potential and in realising the idea of
India-US relations being a key strategic partnership of the 21st
century," Shankar said.
In an address on "India and the United States - Strategic
Partners", she said there was "a very broad canvas before us to
strengthen our strategic partnership as "both our governments are
committed to build on the excellent foundations that we have
created to fulfil our common objective of creating a partnership
that not only benefits the people of both countries, but also
responds to the global challenges of our times".
"Now, as yet another major milestone in our rapidly transforming
strategic partnership, we keenly look forward to the visit of
President Obama in November this year," Shankar said noting that
the State visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year
"focused on going beyond just the bilateral dimensions of this
relationship to forge a global partnership".
"As we look to the future we hope first to substantially expand
our economic ties and help create jobs and prosperity in both
countries," she said. "In part this will be driven by global
economic recovery and the relative health and competitiveness of
the Indian and US economies."
Noting that the Indian economy will continue to be a huge
opportunity with investments in infrastructure alone over the next
decade requiring an investment of a trillion dollars, Shankar
cautioned against protectionist trends.
"It is important in this context not to allow the voices of
protectionism to constrain the potential for positive engagement
and for both countries to benefit from the enormous opportunities
that lie ahead," she said.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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