Obama
visit recognised India's emergence as global power: US
Thursday January 13, 2011 07:59:22 PM,
Arun Kumar,
IANS
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Washington: US
President Barack Obama's India visit in November 2010 recognised
that New Delhi is one of the emerging powers around the globe that
are increasingly important, a senior administration official has
said.
The visit reflected all elements of the India-US relationship and
an evolving "deep, personal relationship" between Obama and Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, Mike Hammer, spokesperson of the National
Security Council, told the foreign media via a video conference.
"We saw the very important and successful visit the president made
last November to India. We've had a state visit with Prime
Minister Singh. And that's a strategic partnership that continues
to grow and is, I think, in the interest of both countries and the
world to try to continue on that path," he said.
"I think what you've seen is an evolving deep, personal
relationship between the president and prime minister Singh,"
Hammer said.
"This is something that we're very optimistic and positive about,
I think you're going to see increasing cooperation between both
our countries, including recently some decisions by India with
regard to Iran and financing," he added.
"It's not only a question of the security interests of both
countries, but the economic interests of both countries, the
cultural ties between both countries. And we're very encouraged."
Hammer said the United States encourages a dialogue between India
and Pakistan to ensure stability in South Asia.
"The president recognises that India is an important partner and
certainly critical in the region, and that in order to ensure
stability in South Asia, we wanted to encourage dialogue between
India and Pakistan," he said. "That's something that we continue
to support when there are efforts there."
"Because the more confidence and trust that can be built between
those two nations, the more able everyone else is to focus on
really the challenges of extremism and terrorism that are a threat
to us all," Hammer said in response to a question.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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