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Obama transition team gave 'positive indications' on ties: PM
V.S.Chandrasekar
On Board PM's Special Aircraft, Nov 16 (PTI) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has given "positive indications" to India about the bilateral ties and there is no reason to have any doubts about its intentions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
The Obama transition team deputed former Secretary of
State Madeline Albright for interaction with the Indian side
during the Prime Minister's visit to Washington, Singh said,
adding "they have given us all the positive indications."
"There is no no reason to have any doubts about the
intentions of the Obama Administration towards us. From
whatever contact we have had we have no no reasons to be
apprehensive about the change of the regime in the U.S.," he
told reporters accompanying him in his aircraft on way back
from the G-20 summit he had attended in Washington.
Ahead of Singh's U.S. visit, Obama had telephoned the
Prime Minister on Wednesday last and described the Indo-U.S.
strategic relationship as a "very important partnership."
Singh said there was general recognition in the U.S.
about the role India can play and should play. There is
considerable appreciation of the way the Indian economy was
managed.
Asked about the possibility of the Obama Administration
implementing the measures of the Bush regime in tackling the
economic crisis, he said "the situation is serious. You can't
wait until January 20 (when Obama will take over as U.S.
President."
"The financial crisis spilling over to real economy and
for the world to say that it will do nothing, then I think,
will not not be a very responsible act.
"So despite all the uncertainties surrounding the change
of Administration, the message ... from the Washington summit
is that the world leaders are greatly concerned about the
situation and they are committed to funding practical and
pragmatic solutions to this problem. They are confident that
there is will power among the world leaders to act and act
decisively," Singh said. PTI VSC
On Board PM's Special Aircraft, Nov 16 (PTI) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has given "positive indications" to India about the bilateral ties and there is no reason to have any doubts about its intentions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
The Obama transition team deputed former Secretary of
State Madeline Albright for interaction with the Indian side
during the Prime Minister's visit to Washington, Singh said,
adding "they have given us all the positive indications."
"There is no no reason to have any doubts about the
intentions of the Obama Administration towards us. From
whatever contact we have had we have no no reasons to be
apprehensive about the change of the regime in the U.S.," he
told reporters accompanying him in his aircraft on way back
from the G-20 summit he had attended in Washington.
Ahead of Singh's U.S. visit, Obama had telephoned the
Prime Minister on Wednesday last and described the Indo-U.S.
strategic relationship as a "very important partnership."
Singh said there was general recognition in the U.S.
about the role India can play and should play. There is
considerable appreciation of the way the Indian economy was
managed.
Asked about the possibility of the Obama Administration
implementing the measures of the Bush regime in tackling the
economic crisis, he said "the situation is serious. You can't
wait until January 20 (when Obama will take over as U.S.
President."
"The financial crisis spilling over to real economy and
for the world to say that it will do nothing, then I think,
will not not be a very responsible act.
"So despite all the uncertainties surrounding the change
of Administration, the message ... from the Washington summit
is that the world leaders are greatly concerned about the
situation and they are committed to funding practical and
pragmatic solutions to this problem. They are confident that
there is will power among the world leaders to act and act
decisively," Singh said. PTI VSC
