Eminent Indian-American expert on South Asia Nisha Desai Biswal has said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first major India-policy speech was very bold and robust and it underscored the importance of the bilateral partnership.
Tillerson yesterday said the US is India’s “reliable partner” at the world stage in this period of uncertainty and angst, sending a strong signal to side with India amidst China’s provocative actions in the region.
Ms. Biswal, the former US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia in the second term of the Obama administration, said it is not a coincidence that the first major foreign policy speech by Mr Tillerson was on the US-India relationship.
Ms. Biswal, who is joining US India Business Council as its president next week, said the partnership between India and the US creates huge opportunities for the two countries to work together on very important issues.
Source: AIR