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

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 23:56 IST
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"What I have encountered since my arrival is the sense that this situation should never have happened. But since it did, we will now have to work through this problem. That is part of the conversations underway," he said.

"But what the issue does highlight is the need for greater sensitivity, for better understanding and for stronger oversight of our ties," Jaishankar said.

"It is important to understand that negotiations on some of the more difficult issues are independent of our bilateral ties. At the end of the day, our overall relationship is larger than the individual problems we examine and debate," he said.

"Having said that, it is also important that we resist calls to return to arguments of the past. The current phase of our ties came about precisely because there was a more acute understanding of the growing weight and potential of India by the United States. That must continue if we are to forge ahead," he added.
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Source: PTI