OBAMA-INDIA 2 LAST

Despite that the two leaders had extensive talks on
this issue only a week ago, Obama made it a point to call
Singh, along with select few world leaders to brief him on his
new policy.

"The two leaders discussed the President's decision on
the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They agreed on
the need to confront terrorism and extremism as part of
broader efforts in the region," Mike Hammer, spokesman of the
National Security Council, White House, said.
In an interview to PTI last week, the National
Security Advisor General (rtd) James Jones had said the core
of the new Indo-Pak relationship is based on the fact that
India is a rapidly rising country with full of hopes and
aspirations for the future.
Obama Administration's view on Indo-Pak relationship
was articulated by the President himself at a joint press
conference with the Prime Minister at the White House last
week.
"Obviously there are historic conflicts between
India and Pakistan. It is not the place of the United States
to try to, from the outside, resolve all those conflicts. On
the other hand, we want to be encouraging of ways in which
both India and Pakistan can feel secure, and focus on the
development of their own countries and their own people,"
Obama said in response to a question. PTI LKJ
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