India, US to "move forward as strategic partners": US President
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, March 3, IRNA
India-Bush-Hyderabad
Referring to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal clinched yesterday, Bush today said with this the two countries had "put behind" themselves the Cold War and decided to "move forward as strategic partners."
He said India had always been an important country for the US "but the problem is that international politics had made it difficult for previous Presidents and previous Prime Ministers to reach common agreements", Bush said while interacting with young entrepreneurs at Indian School of Business, in Hyderabad, capital city of Andhra Pradesh, PTI report said here.
With change in the Indo-US relationship and growing strategic partnership, the Export Control List will take that into account, he said, inferring that the restrictions on trade with India in certain items, including electronic goods, would be eased.
India has been an "excellent partner in non-proliferation" over the past decades, he said, adding he would tell the American people that it was "an important agreement to help deal with proliferation issues."
Pointing out that nuclear energy was a clean fuel which did not effect the environment, Bush said the deal would be helpful to India to meet its electricity needs in a way that doesn't pollute the environment.
The US, India and China must use technologies to ensure that not only their economies expand but also to ensure that environment is not adversely affected, he said.
The US President hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Indian government for "working with me and our government to show the world what is possible when people come together strategically." He said it was in the interest of the US to work for trade with India as also to see that entrepreneurial class grows in India so that "dreams can be realised."
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