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Hillary pledges to expand ties with India

Washington: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said she would visit India next month and pledged to work for a “dramatic expansion” of India-U.S. ties giving New Delhi a greater role in solving global challenges.

Reaffirming the Obama administration’s commitment to strengthen ties, Ms. Clinton said in a world of depressing headlines, the U.S. relationship with India is good news.

Key partner

“We see India as one of a few key partners worldwide who will help us shape the 21st century — the forces of positive change versus those of destruction, the forces that move people forward rather than holding them back. We are both eager to build on this relationship,” she said, addressing American and Indian corporate executives here.

“We find ourselves at the beginning of a third era. I will call it U.S.-India 3.0. The new governments in Washington and New Delhi will build this future together. And we will be discussing the details of that partnership, when I visit India next month.”

“Today, I can tell you, my hope and President Obama’s hope, that the next stage in our countries’ relationship will see a dramatic expansion in our common agenda and a greater role for India, in solving global challenges.

“We will have to confront and transcend the mistrust that has hampered our cooperation in the past,” she said. — PTI

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