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U.S. proud of ties in South Asia: Powell

By Sridhar Krishnaswami

WASHINGTON, JULY 16. The U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has said that his country is proud of the kind of relationships it has developed in South Asia.

Speaking at the U.S. Institute of Peace on the subject of the ongoing American efforts to help the people of Iraq, the senior administration official said: "We can be proud of the new relationship we have created in South Asia with Pakistan, with Afghanistan, with the other `stans' in that part of the world that used to be on the other side of the Iron Curtain which are now working with us, cooperating with us."

Mr. Powell also said the U.S. had developed separate relationships with India and Pakistan.

"They no longer see India and Pakistan ... down one lens, but we look at them as two proud nations we are working with individually and because we respect them individually, we can help them work together as they solve mutual problems," he remarked.

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