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Obama Admn to announce new policy on India "fairly soon"
Obama Admn to announce new policy on India "fairly soon"
Lalit K Jha
Washington, May 15 (PTI) The US looks forward to
enhancing strategic partnership with India and is likely to
make some announcements on it "fairly soon," a top American
diplomat said Friday.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
in his confirmation hearing, Robert Blake told American
Senators that Obama is committed to strengthen the existing
strategic partnership between the two countries.
"President Obama has said that the United States sees
India as a global power and as a very important partner for us
in addressing the challenges that we will face in the 21st
century," Blake said when Senator Tom Casey asked about future
of Indo-US relationship under the new administration.
"So our task will be to try to strengthen the strategic
partnership that exists between the United States and India,
to base that on our converging values and our converging
interests," he said.
Noting that civil nuclear deal is now a landmark
agreement between the two nations, Blake told the lawmakers:
"I would steer you to just point out that we think that we can
cooperate on a broad range of fronts, not only bilaterally but
to address some of these new challenges such as global
climate change, the global trade talks and things like that."
The Obama Administration is looking for a more enhanced
strategic partnership with India, Blake, who was till recently
the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, said.
"If confirmed, I will be working with members of the
administration to define exactly the parameters of that.
"We hope to have some announcements for you fairly soon
on that," Blake, who has also served as Deputy Ambassador at
the US Embassy in New Delhi, said without elaborating.
Other top Obama administration officials have said
that Washington was looking forward to work with the new
Indian government on a range of issues, including the volatile
situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Blake said the
agreement was on the right track, even as New Delhi has to
complete a few formalities in this regard.
"It (nuke deal) is going very well, Senator.... There is
still a couple of steps that the Indians have to take to fully
implement that agreement," he said.
India has to bring the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement into force. "And then they
also have to file with the IAEA a declaration of their nuclear
facilities," he said.
"That would be consistent with the separation plan that
they outlined in 2006. So there are still several steps that
need to be taken, and we'll be working closely with our
friends in the Indian government to see that those are done
rapidly," Blake said. PTI LKJ
SAK
Lalit K Jha
Washington, May 15 (PTI) The US looks forward to
enhancing strategic partnership with India and is likely to
make some announcements on it "fairly soon," a top American
diplomat said Friday.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
in his confirmation hearing, Robert Blake told American
Senators that Obama is committed to strengthen the existing
strategic partnership between the two countries.
"President Obama has said that the United States sees
India as a global power and as a very important partner for us
in addressing the challenges that we will face in the 21st
century," Blake said when Senator Tom Casey asked about future
of Indo-US relationship under the new administration.
"So our task will be to try to strengthen the strategic
partnership that exists between the United States and India,
to base that on our converging values and our converging
interests," he said.
Noting that civil nuclear deal is now a landmark
agreement between the two nations, Blake told the lawmakers:
"I would steer you to just point out that we think that we can
cooperate on a broad range of fronts, not only bilaterally but
to address some of these new challenges such as global
climate change, the global trade talks and things like that."
The Obama Administration is looking for a more enhanced
strategic partnership with India, Blake, who was till recently
the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, said.
"If confirmed, I will be working with members of the
administration to define exactly the parameters of that.
"We hope to have some announcements for you fairly soon
on that," Blake, who has also served as Deputy Ambassador at
the US Embassy in New Delhi, said without elaborating.
Other top Obama administration officials have said
that Washington was looking forward to work with the new
Indian government on a range of issues, including the volatile
situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Blake said the
agreement was on the right track, even as New Delhi has to
complete a few formalities in this regard.
"It (nuke deal) is going very well, Senator.... There is
still a couple of steps that the Indians have to take to fully
implement that agreement," he said.
India has to bring the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement into force. "And then they
also have to file with the IAEA a declaration of their nuclear
facilities," he said.
"That would be consistent with the separation plan that
they outlined in 2006. So there are still several steps that
need to be taken, and we'll be working closely with our
friends in the Indian government to see that those are done
rapidly," Blake said. PTI LKJ
SAK
