MELBOURNE - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lauded India as an important player in the Indo-Pacific region and has also urged New Delhi to play a larger role in the regions affairs.
Weve made it a strategic priority to support Indias Look East policy and to encourage Delhi to play a larger role in Asian institutions and affairs. Its exciting to see the developments as the worlds largest democracy and a dynamic emerging economy begins to contribute more broadly to the region, Clinton said in her speech at Perths University of Western Australia.
Its also important to see the burgeoning relationship between Australia and India, she said.
Hilary Clinton, who is in Perth for high-level talks with Julia Gillard-led government, also applauded the upswing in Australias bilateral ties with the worlds largest democracy India. She has encouraged Australia to increase military co-operation with India.
Clintons Perth speech at University of Western Australia has been noted by the political pundits as another step towards forming of a tripartite alliance between her country, India and Australia.
We would welcome joint Australian-Indian naval vessel exercises in the future and we are eager to work together in the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (the organisation of 19 Indian Ocean rim countries) which Australia will chair in 2013 and which the United States has now joined as a dialogue partner, Hilary Clinton said.
Clinton urges India to play larger role in Asia - Khaleej Times
Weve made it a strategic priority to support Indias Look East policy and to encourage Delhi to play a larger role in Asian institutions and affairs. Its exciting to see the developments as the worlds largest democracy and a dynamic emerging economy begins to contribute more broadly to the region, Clinton said in her speech at Perths University of Western Australia.
Its also important to see the burgeoning relationship between Australia and India, she said.
Hilary Clinton, who is in Perth for high-level talks with Julia Gillard-led government, also applauded the upswing in Australias bilateral ties with the worlds largest democracy India. She has encouraged Australia to increase military co-operation with India.
Clintons Perth speech at University of Western Australia has been noted by the political pundits as another step towards forming of a tripartite alliance between her country, India and Australia.
We would welcome joint Australian-Indian naval vessel exercises in the future and we are eager to work together in the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (the organisation of 19 Indian Ocean rim countries) which Australia will chair in 2013 and which the United States has now joined as a dialogue partner, Hilary Clinton said.
Clinton urges India to play larger role in Asia - Khaleej Times
