US makes amends for Obama’s annoying remarks
NEW DELHI: A day after US ambassador Timothy Roemer tried to douse the China fire and create a positive atmosphere for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the US, Washington went on the charm offensive, playing up the importance of India in the US’ scheme of things and acknowledging Indo-Pak issue were by and large a bilateral concern. Trying to mollify an annoyed New Delhi, Under-Secretary of State William Burns maintained that both China and India were important to the US. Mr Burns attempted to clarify the intention of the US-China joint statement saying that Washington looked to Beijing as...
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