BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have renewed their mutual pledge to deepen bilateral ties.
Obama said India continues to suffer from terrorism. And both leaders agreed that their countries share an interest in reducing tensions in South Asia. Singh also said he was looking forward to meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who will meet with Obama next month.
Indian PM Manmohan Singh said, "I explained to President Obama the difficulties that we (India) face given the fact that the epicentre of terror still remains focused in Pakistan and I look forward to meeting with Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) even though the expectations have to be toned down given the terror arm which is still active in our subcontinent."
Obama said, "All of us remember the horrible events that took place in Mumbai but recently in the last few days, India has suffered continues to suffer from terrorist attacks. Our hearts go out to the families that have been impacted."
Obama and Singh called each other indispensable partners, and said great strides had been made on economic cooperation and a civilian nuclear agreement. They held up clean energy, military trade and poverty relief efforts in India as other examples of their successful partnership.
Obama also noted that bilateral trade between the two countries had gone up by 50 percent over the past few years. He also praised India’s progress on civilian nuclear power and said India had reached its first commercial agreement with a US company in this area.
Meanwhile, Singh said his country is still trying to raise its standard of living, and values the US’s support.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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