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U.S. Welcomes India's Engagement With Myanmar
Thursday, 05 December 2013, 23:44 IST
Washington: The United States has welcomed India’s engagement with Myanmar, saying that it believes the ties with Yangon on a whole host of issues will be positive.
“We really welcome the engagement of India with Burma (Myanmar). India and the United States have long had very similar aspirations and goals for Burma, though we’ve often had very different policy approaches to it,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Vikram Singh said.
During a Congressional hearing, Singh said: “We believe that overall, India’s re-engagement with Burma on a whole host of issues will be positive. I would say that we will probably have disagreements about specifics about what that looks like.”
“So, for example, moves into arms and other things will be things that we might be concerned about,” he replied in response to a query from Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera.
“Obviously, Burma sits at a very critical juncture, you know, between an emerging relationship with India and offers some critical access to trade routes and so forth. But from a military perspective, it certainly sits at a critical juncture,” Bera said.
Source: PTI
“We really welcome the engagement of India with Burma (Myanmar). India and the United States have long had very similar aspirations and goals for Burma, though we’ve often had very different policy approaches to it,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Vikram Singh said.
During a Congressional hearing, Singh said: “We believe that overall, India’s re-engagement with Burma on a whole host of issues will be positive. I would say that we will probably have disagreements about specifics about what that looks like.”
“So, for example, moves into arms and other things will be things that we might be concerned about,” he replied in response to a query from Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera.
“Obviously, Burma sits at a very critical juncture, you know, between an emerging relationship with India and offers some critical access to trade routes and so forth. But from a military perspective, it certainly sits at a critical juncture,” Bera said.
Source: PTI
