In his speech at IIT, Kerry said, “The US continues to call on China and the Philippines to abide by the (UN) tribunal’s recent decision (recognizing Beijing had violated Manila’s rights in South China Sea) which is final and legally binding on both parties”.
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“Terror is terror no matter where it comes from and who carries it out”. “More than 50,000 people have been killed…people define a great religion Islam in a way that doesn’t reflect that religion”.
India says it is a victim of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism-a reference to attacks against India by Pakistan-based militant groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Talking about US relations with India and PM Modi, Secretary Kerry said, “I appreciate starving vision of future it’s in Indian DNA, US supports PM Modi’s plan of increasing share of renewable power source”.
Speaking on the India-US counterterrorism cooperation, Kerry said that no one nation could alone counter and defeat the extremists. He said had spoken to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the need for his country to deprive any group of “sanctuary”.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj appeared jointly after their second U.S. -India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in New Delhi.
“I believe in the last months, progress is being made and the Pakistanis are moving at a greater pace”.
Officials hope to strengthen security cooperation between India and US and boost bilateral trade to 500 billion dollars – five times its current size. “I hope the United States changes its policy of relative neutrality as far as Pakistan is concerned, without understanding that terrorism is terrorism and is a danger to the world…be it India or the United States”, JD (U) leader Pawan Verma told ANI.
The two countries also agreed to boost their counter- terrorism cooperation by enhancing intelligence sharing, screening of terrorists, exchange of information on known or suspected terrorists.
To a question on resumption of India-Pakistan talks, Swaraj said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Pakistan in December 2015 “and we got Pathankot in return”.
United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in India to start the annual US-India strategic dialogue in which tension with Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region will be discussed.
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One research scholar even asked what U.S. wants India to do better, to which Kerry diplomatically said that while India and United States have a great relationship, it wished that India would find an alternative to coal.
