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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 WASHINGTON: Noting that there was growing "convergence" in national interests of India and the US, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the two countries "must work together" to effectively tackle the multiple challenges confronting the world. "The India-US partnership can promote global cooperation in dealing with issues that the world has to face together, whether it is hunger, global security and terrorism, nuclear disarmament, climate change or spread of pandemics," he said. Singh said he saw the future of the India-US partnership with "confidence and optimism". "There is a growing convergence in our national interests, both within bilateral framework and on regional and global issues," the Prime Minister said in his address to the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank. The changes in global economic and political structures and the growing interdependence among nations tod...

Monday, November 23, 2009 WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday started a high-profile state visit to the United States with a call on President Barack Obama to stay committed on Afghanistan and pressure Pakistan.The Indian premier arrived at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington to kick off the first full-fledged state visit of Obama's presidency, which will culminate in a swank black-tie dinner at the White House on Tuesday.While a host of issues are on the table, experts say Obama's main intention was to demonstrate his commitment to the world's largest democracy after an early focus on working with its neighbors China and Pakistan.But Singh made clear he would not shy away from offering advice on the top foreign issue for Obama -- Afghanistan. Obama is wrapping up weeks of deliberation on whether to reinforce the 68,000 US troops who will be in Afghanistan by year-end."It is very important that both the US and the global community stay engaged...

SRI NAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to reach out to the Pakistan government by saying that it was the desire of India and the people of Pakistan to live in peace.Addressing a gathering in Anantnag before flagging off a train service between south and north of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister, however, underlined that Pakistan needed to curb terrorism."For a productive dialogue it is essential that terrorism must be brought under control," the prime minister said."I strongly believe that the majority of the people in Pakistan seek good neighbourly and cooperative relations between India and Pakistan. They seek a permanent peace. This is our view as well," he said.He said India was ready to discuss humanitarian "and other issues" with the Pakistani government.

Monday, August 17, 2009 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister on Monday said that cross-border terrorism remains the most pervasive threat to India. “There is need for utmost vigilance. There is credible information that terrorists in Pakistan will carry out fresh attacks in India, says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. Noting that there were signs of revival of over-ground militant activities, he said attempts were being made to link isolated and unconnected incidents to create an impression of a groundswell of anti-India feeling. "All this shows that efforts to disturb the current status quo have not been given up,” Singh said. Earlier, union home minister P Chidambaram said that the gravity of the terror threat remains undiminished and the country cannot lower its guard.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday told Parliament that Pakistan did not give any dossier to India on Balochistan when he met his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani in Egypt July 16. No such dossier was given, Manmohan Singh said while intervening in a debate in Lok Sabha on the July 16 India-Pakistan joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh that delinked Islamabad's action on terror from the composite dialogue process. The contentious statement included a reference to threats to Balochistan, a province in Pakistan, for the first time in a bilateral document between the two countries. Manmohan Singh was responding to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha's contention that some Pakistani leaders have seized upon the reference to Balochistan. Sinha alluded to reports in Pakistan that Gilani gave Manmohan Singh a dossier on India's alleged role in fomenting insurgency in Pakistan's southwest province.

NEW DELHI: Indina prime minister Manmohan Singh Friday said Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has assured that there is complete unanimity of views in Pakistan against the war on terror.Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Singh said secretary level talks will be undertaken between the two countries.He said that 'meaningful dialogue' with Pakistan will depend on Islamabad fulfilling its promise of acting against the perpetrators of the 26/11 terror strikes.He made this statement amid uproar by the Opposition BJP blaming the Government of capitulated to Pakistan on the terrorism issue and agreeing to return to talks delinking the issue of talks with composite dialogue.However, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not satisfied with prime minister's assurance and staged a walkout from the Parliament. "You have delinked terrorism and the composite dialogue. Why have you taken seven months to decide on this?" queried BJP leader LK Advani before leading his party memb...

NEW DELHI: "It was not my intention in any way to hurt Zardari Sahib's feelings," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday on his virtual public snub to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. Speaking to reporters accompanying him on his way back home from Italy, said he had not intended to say that in the presence of all the media. "Let me say that what I had said to Zardari Sahib, I had not intended to say that in the presence of all the media. I simply forgot that the media were present there. It was not my intention in any way to hurt Zardari Sahib's feelings," he said in reply to a question. Ahead of their meeting in Yekaterinburg in Russia last month, Singh had told Zardari in their first meeting after the chill brought about by the Mumbai terror strike that . "I am happy to meet you but my mandate is limited to telling you that the territory of Pakistan must not be allowed to be used for terrorism against India." He was replying to a questio...