U.S. partnership vital in Asia-Pacific: India 

U.S. partnership vital in Asia-Pacific: India 

Context

The Indo-U.S. partnership helps maintain stability in the Asia-Pacific region, the External Affairs Ministry said here on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump announced the new National Security Strategy of the U.S. and described India as a “leading global player”.

Backdrop

The response came even as both sides held the inaugural India-U.S. Designations Dialogue focussing on specific groups and individuals responsible for cross-border terrorism against India.

Common objectives

• As two responsible democracies, India and the U.S. share common objectives, including combating terrorism and promoting peace and security throughout the world.
• A close partnership between India and the U.S. contributes to peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region as well as to the economic progress of the two countries
• Tuesday also marked the first dialogue between India and the U.S. on terrorism-related designations.
• Both sides exchanged information about the strategy to be followed to isolate and ban terrorism-related individuals and organisations.
• India has been campaigning for banning Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar at the UN but has failed in its goal due to China’s opposition