US has bigger global agenda with India |
The United States has a much bigger global agenda with India in contrast to Pakistan, and Washington has moved far beyond looking at its relations with the South Asian neighbors as linked. US Defence Secretary Ash Carter also said they have much more to do with India today than has to do with Pakistan." Carter said Friday. There`s important business with respect to Pakistan, but we have much more - a whole global agenda with India, an agenda that covers all kinds of issues."He was answering a question from the audience during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations about how the growing US ties with India will impact Washington`s relations with Islamabad.While describing Pakistan as an important security partner, he said, they have a big set of issues having to do with the border with Afghanistan, where they continue to operate; with terrorism, both on the territory of Pakistan and also obviously cross-border into Afghanistan, including affecting US service members there.
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