India Will Help Shape A New World Order In 21st Century: Hagel

Recalling his last trip to India in 2008 as an American Senator, Hagel said, "In those meetings in 2008, it was pretty clear then that the potential for India and what they were evolving toward was going to be very important for our future".

"When you look at the region itself, South Asia, the instability that lies to the west of India, and a different kind of a world that lies to their east, and their south, and their north, they all represent different kinds of challenges for India," he said.

"The sooner we can find ways, the United States and India, to participate in these areas of mutual benefit and also concern, I think the better as we see this world that is uncertain and complicated and dangerous and unpredictable continue to evolve," he said.

He said big power stability and big power security have always been important in the world and their importance is not going to be diminished over the next few years.

Hagel said his current India trip is to acquaint himself with the ground realities and that he would be more in listening mode.

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