Indian Envoy S Jaishankar To American Audience, 'India's Rise Poses No Challenge To U.S.'

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 23:54 IST
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Washington: India's rise poses no challenge to American values and to achieve its national security and developmental goals, the U.S. is the 'indispensable partner', top Indian diplomat here said.

"India and the United States do have a common commitment to a peaceful, pluralistic and progressive world. And no one should dispute that, as a liberal democratic society, India's rise poses no challenge to American values," India's new Ambassador to the U.S. S Jaishankar told a Washington audience.

Seeking to put behind the recent tension in India-U.S. ties following the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York, Jaishankar argued the case for a strong India-U.S. relationship.

"You could reasonably ask what I would say about our ties to an Indian audience. To them, I would make two basic points," he said in his remarks before the Carnegie Endowment for International Relations, an eminent American think-tank.

"One, that to realise India's four key priorities - energizing the economy, raising our technology and management capabilities, securing the homeland, and ensuring a favorable balance of power - the U.S. is the indispensable partner. Two, these big Indian goals are not at odds with the interests of the US. In fact, these could even be complementary," he said.
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Source: PTI
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