Thursday, June 18, 2009
India, US need to take relations to the next level, says Hillary
In an apparent reference to India's efforts for a seat in the UN security Council, Clinton said, "India already is a major player on the world stage, and we look to cooperate with New Delhi as it shoulders the responsibilities that accompany its new position of global leadership."
IMO: Yes, India should be on the UN security council; to that extent at least, Clinton is right and one may well wish to be enthusiastic about some of her other comments. But for that matter, the real problems for India can be helped very much if the Maoist threat to India is reduced and the Sri Lankan Tamils given a much better deal. In the long term, good relations with Iran should also improve matters. Iran, like India, is not (by and large) very keen on the Taliban as it is constituted and as I've mentioned much earlier in this blog, both India and Iran have tried in a peaceful way to reduce problems in Afghanistan. But there seems to be evidence that the USA through Gates' DoD is still supplying the Taliban with arms. I am sure many improvements can be made.
IMO: Yes, India should be on the UN security council; to that extent at least, Clinton is right and one may well wish to be enthusiastic about some of her other comments. But for that matter, the real problems for India can be helped very much if the Maoist threat to India is reduced and the Sri Lankan Tamils given a much better deal. In the long term, good relations with Iran should also improve matters. Iran, like India, is not (by and large) very keen on the Taliban as it is constituted and as I've mentioned much earlier in this blog, both India and Iran have tried in a peaceful way to reduce problems in Afghanistan. But there seems to be evidence that the USA through Gates' DoD is still supplying the Taliban with arms. I am sure many improvements can be made.
# posted by uv : 10:01 PM
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