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Hillary Clinton to "upgrade" Indo-US ties to 3.0 version
Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jun 18 (PTI) Invoking IT language, US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says time has come to
"upgrade" Indo-US ties and she would be discussing the
contours of '3.0' version of it when she visits New Delhi next
month.
Addressing the influential US-India Business Council's
34th anniversary here Wednesday and a "significant crowd" that
included bigwigs from the IT industry, Clinton said "our
official ties are past due for an upgrade."
"We find ourselves at the beginning of a third era.
I'll call it US-India 3.0. The new governments in Washington
and New Delhi will build this future together" and that she
would be discussing the details of that partnership with India
next month as she visits New Delhi in the highest level of
contact since the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance
returned to power.
"I hope that an expanded partnership between the US
and India will be one of the signature accomplishments of both
new governments in both countries, and I do plan to make that
a personal priority," she said.
"The formation of India's new government is an
opportunity to strengthen our ties and launch new initiatives.
Now that the government is in place, we are moving quickly to
strengthen our ties," she said, assuring Indian-Americans that
Obama administration was "fully committed" to implementing the
"landmark" Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
Acknowledging that US and India had differences in the
past, Clinton said as friendly democracies that were the
oldest and largest in the world, "we should work through any
issues in our relationship and differences in our perspective
by focusing on shared objectives and concrete results. I want
to put us into the solutions business."
To achieve the goal of stronger Indo-US ties, she said
both sides will have to "confront and transcend the mistrust"
that has hampered cooperation in past and address lingering
uncertainties in the relationship.
"It is early in our new Administration, and we are
clearly committed to furthering and deepening our relationship
with India in every way possible," the 62-year-old US top
diplomat said in her first major policy speech on India.
Lavishing praise on India's booming economy, she
said, "it is great to be standing in front of this significant
crowd and to say that word about India has obviously spread.
"People know what kind of business and investment
opportunities are there. India's growing role in the global
economy is accepted the way we accept the law of gravity. And
the partnerships that are blooming at all levels of our
societies are indeed exciting," she said.
Clinton said while pursuing an "enhanced bilateral
partnership" the two countries should recognise that their
official ties "are past due for an upgrade" as compared to
other metrics of cooperation.
"We need bilateral cooperation between our governments
to catch up with our people-to-people and economic ties". PTI
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Washington, Jun 18 (PTI) Invoking IT language, US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says time has come to
"upgrade" Indo-US ties and she would be discussing the
contours of '3.0' version of it when she visits New Delhi next
month.
Addressing the influential US-India Business Council's
34th anniversary here Wednesday and a "significant crowd" that
included bigwigs from the IT industry, Clinton said "our
official ties are past due for an upgrade."
"We find ourselves at the beginning of a third era.
I'll call it US-India 3.0. The new governments in Washington
and New Delhi will build this future together" and that she
would be discussing the details of that partnership with India
next month as she visits New Delhi in the highest level of
contact since the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance
returned to power.
"I hope that an expanded partnership between the US
and India will be one of the signature accomplishments of both
new governments in both countries, and I do plan to make that
a personal priority," she said.
"The formation of India's new government is an
opportunity to strengthen our ties and launch new initiatives.
Now that the government is in place, we are moving quickly to
strengthen our ties," she said, assuring Indian-Americans that
Obama administration was "fully committed" to implementing the
"landmark" Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
Acknowledging that US and India had differences in the
past, Clinton said as friendly democracies that were the
oldest and largest in the world, "we should work through any
issues in our relationship and differences in our perspective
by focusing on shared objectives and concrete results. I want
to put us into the solutions business."
To achieve the goal of stronger Indo-US ties, she said
both sides will have to "confront and transcend the mistrust"
that has hampered cooperation in past and address lingering
uncertainties in the relationship.
"It is early in our new Administration, and we are
clearly committed to furthering and deepening our relationship
with India in every way possible," the 62-year-old US top
diplomat said in her first major policy speech on India.
Lavishing praise on India's booming economy, she
said, "it is great to be standing in front of this significant
crowd and to say that word about India has obviously spread.
"People know what kind of business and investment
opportunities are there. India's growing role in the global
economy is accepted the way we accept the law of gravity. And
the partnerships that are blooming at all levels of our
societies are indeed exciting," she said.
Clinton said while pursuing an "enhanced bilateral
partnership" the two countries should recognise that their
official ties "are past due for an upgrade" as compared to
other metrics of cooperation.
"We need bilateral cooperation between our governments
to catch up with our people-to-people and economic ties". PTI
LKJ
DEP
NNNN
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