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US to build new partnership with India
President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister A B Vajpayee in Washington last night vowed to build a new and enduring partnership between the United States and India, apparently putting an end to suspicion and misunderstanding that marred their relations during the Cold War.
President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister A B Vajpayee in Washington last night vowed to build a new and enduring partnership between the United States and India, apparently putting an end to suspicion and misunderstanding that marred their relations during the Cold War.
Speaking at a dinner hosted at the White House in honour of Mr Vajpayee at the end of the latter's five-day official tour of the US, President Clinton said, ''It is more than a slogan for Americans to say that India's success will be our success, and that together India and America can change the world.''
Then, he proposed ''a toast to Prime Minister Vajpayee, to the government and people of India and the enduring partnership between our two great democracies.'' Speaking at a dinner hosted at the White House in honour of Mr Vajpayee at the end of the latter's five-day official tour of the US, President Clinton said, ''It is more than a slogan for Americans to say that India's success will be our success, and that together India and America can change the world.''
Then, he proposed ''a toast to Prime Minister Vajpayee, to the government and people of India and the enduring partnership between our two great democracies.'' Mr Vajpayee, responded by offering a toast ''to the good health and well being of President Clinton and Mrs (Hillary) Clinton, to the close and abiding friendship between our two peoples, to the vision of this new relationship between India and the United States of America.”
Then, he proposed ''a toast to Prime Minister Vajpayee, to the government and people of India and the enduring partnership between our two great democracies.'' Speaking at a dinner hosted at the White House in honour of Mr Vajpayee at the end of the latter's five-day official tour of the US, President Clinton said, ''It is more than a slogan for Americans to say that India's success will be our success, and that together India and America can change the world.''
Then, he proposed ''a toast to Prime Minister Vajpayee, to the government and people of India and the enduring partnership between our two great democracies.'' Mr Vajpayee, responded by offering a toast ''to the good health and well being of President Clinton and Mrs (Hillary) Clinton, to the close and abiding friendship between our two peoples, to the vision of this new relationship between India and the United States of America.”
President Clinton, in an effusive tone, said, ''If we're already all in the same boat together, we better find a way to steer together. We must overcome the fear some people in both our countries sometimes have, for different historical reasons, that if we meet our friends halfway, somehow it will threaten our own independence or uniqueness.'' ''That is why I am so gratified that with your leadership, and the efforts of so many people in this room, we have together built the strongest, most mature partnership India and America have ever known,'' he said amidst applause.
Bureau Report