Washington, Jan 16: Ahead of the External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha's visit to the United States,
Washington has said its agenda with India is "broad and deep"
and it will be interested in further steps in the bilateral
"strategic" relationship.
"Our agenda with India is broad and deep. As you know,
the white house just made an announcement on how we can
enhance a strategic partnership in a number of areas. That is
something the Secretary (of State Colin Powell) and the
foreign secretary (Sinha), among others, have worked on for
some time." US state department spokesman Richard Boucher said
yesterday.
He said the US would be interested in further
improvements and further steps forward in its strategic
relationship with India.
"So there is always plenty to talk about with our
Indian friends and colleagues."
Boucher also said that the US welcomed the political
courage of Indian and Pakistani leadership in bringing about
"some remarkable developments in relations" between the two
countries.
"We would welcome the confidence-building measures
that are being taken with training and sizes of diplomatic
missions. We think that resuming transportation links will
allow family members to meet and to improve people to people
ties and that expanded diplomatic links help the countries
address the complex agendas that they face."
Bureau Report
