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We opened historic and strategic partnership with India: Bush
Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jan 16 (PTI) Outgoing US President George
W Bush has said that under his presidency America opened a
"new historic and strategic partnership" with India, listing
it among the highlights of his term's foreign policy.
"We opened a new historic and strategic partnership
with India," Bush told officials of the State Department at
Foggy Bottom, addressing them for the last time as the US
President Thursday.
The historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal ended
decades of nuclear apartheid on India and also resulted in
strengthening its strategic and business ties with India.
The Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton
during her nomination hearing early this week promised to
build on these political and economic ties with India.
Listing out some of the highlights of his foreign
policy, Bush said in the Middle East, the US stood with
dissidents and young democracies.
"Sometimes that was not easy to do. But we stood
strong with those young democracies. We outlined a vision of
two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by
side in peace and security," he said.
In Asia, the Bush Administration deepened the US's
alliances with its friends, Japan and South Korea, and
strengthened ties with China.
"I'm not so sure if this is historically accurate, but
we may be the only administration that has had really good
ties with Japan, South Korea and China all at the same time,"
he said.
In Europe, Bush said, the US expanded NATO to include
new democracies from the Baltics to the Balkans.
"We worked in a multilateral fashion to deal with
issues like Iran and North Korea," he said.
He also credited his Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice for his Presidential policy on Africa.
"I'm often asked, how come you, from Texas, care about
Africa? And I remind people -- I'm reminded of one of my first
conversations with Condi. And she said, if I'm going to work
with you, I want you to make sure you focus on Africa. She
gets a lot of credit for the focus on Africa," he said.
"I also acted on this timeless belief, to whom much is
given, much is required. We have been given a lot in our
country. And it's not only in our strategic interests that we
deal with hunger and disease, it is in our moral interest that
we do so, as well.
He said in the Western Hemisphere, the US expanded
trade and helped "our fellow democracies deliver prosperity
and social justice to their people"
"And around the world, we built a coalition of more
than 90 nations to fight terror and advance the cause of
freedom in the great ideological struggle of our time," Bush
said.
The US President claimed that his administration made
alliances stronger, and the nation safer, and "made the world
freer". PTI
Washington, Jan 16 (PTI) Outgoing US President George
W Bush has said that under his presidency America opened a
"new historic and strategic partnership" with India, listing
it among the highlights of his term's foreign policy.
"We opened a new historic and strategic partnership
with India," Bush told officials of the State Department at
Foggy Bottom, addressing them for the last time as the US
President Thursday.
The historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal ended
decades of nuclear apartheid on India and also resulted in
strengthening its strategic and business ties with India.
The Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton
during her nomination hearing early this week promised to
build on these political and economic ties with India.
Listing out some of the highlights of his foreign
policy, Bush said in the Middle East, the US stood with
dissidents and young democracies.
"Sometimes that was not easy to do. But we stood
strong with those young democracies. We outlined a vision of
two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by
side in peace and security," he said.
In Asia, the Bush Administration deepened the US's
alliances with its friends, Japan and South Korea, and
strengthened ties with China.
"I'm not so sure if this is historically accurate, but
we may be the only administration that has had really good
ties with Japan, South Korea and China all at the same time,"
he said.
In Europe, Bush said, the US expanded NATO to include
new democracies from the Baltics to the Balkans.
"We worked in a multilateral fashion to deal with
issues like Iran and North Korea," he said.
He also credited his Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice for his Presidential policy on Africa.
"I'm often asked, how come you, from Texas, care about
Africa? And I remind people -- I'm reminded of one of my first
conversations with Condi. And she said, if I'm going to work
with you, I want you to make sure you focus on Africa. She
gets a lot of credit for the focus on Africa," he said.
"I also acted on this timeless belief, to whom much is
given, much is required. We have been given a lot in our
country. And it's not only in our strategic interests that we
deal with hunger and disease, it is in our moral interest that
we do so, as well.
He said in the Western Hemisphere, the US expanded
trade and helped "our fellow democracies deliver prosperity
and social justice to their people"
"And around the world, we built a coalition of more
than 90 nations to fight terror and advance the cause of
freedom in the great ideological struggle of our time," Bush
said.
The US President claimed that his administration made
alliances stronger, and the nation safer, and "made the world
freer". PTI
