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Top US Congressman calls for lifting of sanctions
Welcoming Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee`s trip to Washington, a top Republican Congressman has called for lifting remaining US sanctions against India.
Welcoming Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's trip to Washington, a top Republican Congressman has called for lifting remaining US sanctions
against India.
“India is surrounded by a lot of troubled neighbours and
hence the sanctions may prove counterproductive. I think that
there is an open mind both within the Congress and the
administration to be of some help in terms of easing the
sanctions,” Benjamin Gilman, chairman of the powerful House
International Relations Committee, said.
The Congress on Thursday passed a resolution sponsored by
Gilman and Democratic Congressman Sam Gejdenson that called
for lifting of all the remaining sanctions against India,
coinciding with Vajpayee's visit to Washington.
Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott, in a separate
statement said Vajpayee's address to Congress deepened the
bond between the US and India.
“We have a great deal in common with India – our commitment to democracy and law, our economic prosperity, our tradition of religious freedom. But perhaps the most important ties between us are the Indian-American citizens who have enriched this country beyond measure,” he said. “There are over 1.5 million Indian-Americans, and they are one of the most successful immigrant groups in the history of the country,” he said.
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“We have a great deal in common with India – our commitment to democracy and law, our economic prosperity, our tradition of religious freedom. But perhaps the most important ties between us are the Indian-American citizens who have enriched this country beyond measure,” he said. “There are over 1.5 million Indian-Americans, and they are one of the most successful immigrant groups in the history of the country,” he said.
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