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US says its relation with India `moving apace`
Washington, Jan 14: The United States has said it shares a `good and healthy` relation with India in political, economic and military spheres which has been `moving apace`, but asserted that the enhanced cooperation would not affect its ties with Pakistan.
"We have, in my view, excellent relationships with India
and with Pakistan," US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said
at a press conference here yesterday in reply to a question on
whether increased Indo-US cooperation in civilian nuclear
activities, space programmes and high technology trade would
have an impact on US-Pak relations.
"Your question is about India, I don't believe that it
will affect our relationships with Pakistan," he said.
"Our relationship with India is political, it's economic
and it's military. And we have increased military cooperation
during the past three years between the US and India."
"It has been moving apace, and we feel good about it.
There are a variety of technical things that they or we may be
interested at any given time, and they are being worked at the
appropriate levels."
"But I think it's a good, healthy relationship."
Rumsfeld also said "the evolving relationship between
India and Pakistan is a most encouraging thing."
In an important milestone in bilateral ties, India and
the US yesterday agreed to expand cooperation in civilian
nuclear activities, civilian space programmes and high
technology trade as also to enhance dialogue on missile
defence, which, they said, would deepen friendship and
increase stability in Asia and beyond.
Bureau Report