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US welcomes India’s role in world

The US welcomes more prominent and effective role played by India on a wide range of global problems from climate change to maritime security, a top White House official has said.

The US welcomes more prominent and effective role played by India on a wide range of global problems from climate change to maritime security, a top White House official has said.

“We welcome India not just because it is consequential because we share and often promote norms about a rules based order,” Peter Lavoy, the White House’s point person for South Asia, told a Washington audience.

“The US welcomes more prominent and effective role that India is playing on a wide range of world problems from climate change and global health to peace keeping, maritime security and cyber governance.”

He said that the US-India partnership has come a long way in the past eight years, but the best is yet to come.

“We are handing over to the next team, a major defence partnership with India,” he said as he highlighted the vibrant dimensions of the Indo-US relationship.

“First a growing convergence on regional issues. Second deepening cooperation on defense trade and third broadening in security partnership,” said Lavoy, Senior Director for South Asia at the National Security Council (NSC), said in his remarks at the Centre for Strategic and Intern-ational Studies (CSIS).

During the past six years of Obama Administration, he said there has been growing convergence of views of the risks, threats and opportunities.

Three regions where this co-operation has gained momentum are Afghanistan, Asia Pacific and Africa, he said.

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