US wants India, Burma to share good relationship
Washington, Sept 26:
The United States wants India and Burma to share a good
relationship for furthering their economic interests, a top Obama
Administration official has said.
“We want a good
relationship between Burma and India and Burma and its other Asian
interlocutors. It sits at an important crossroads. It will continue to
play a vital role,” Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell said in his address to a Washington-based
think tank.
Campbell’s remarks came a day after a top
State Department official said India and the US need to look for
economic partnership with Burma.
“The development of
trade and transit links between Southeast and East Asia has been
hindered for decades by poor regional infrastructure connectivity,
isolation of the Burmese Government, and political mistrust between
India and its neighbours,” Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy
and Environment Robert Hormats had said in his address to the India
Investment Forum in New York on Monday.
“However,
Burma’s recent political and economic reforms along with continuing
efforts by India and Bangladesh to improve bilateral relations have
generated new opportunities to promote US and Indian business interests
and regional economic development.
Given the vast potential, we should look to partner in this emerging region,” Hormats said.
Responding
to a question in his appearance before the Center for Strategic and
International Studies, Campbell said US supports a good relationship
between China and Burma.
“In almost all of our
engagements, with the Government, with the Opposition, there is a very
strong view, a view which we support, that Burma-Myanmar wants and needs
a good relationship with China.
They want an
equitable, strong relationship on commercial grounds, they want to be
respected and engaged appropriately politically and to work closely in
diplomatic channels.
And I think we support that, and we think that is in the best interests of both countries,” Campbell said.
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