The Barack Obama administration did not get off to a very good start with India, a former US Ambassador to India has said, but asserted that during the forthcoming presidential visit there will be enough aggregated forward movement that can put this perception behind.
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Former US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill on Thursday said India faced the threat of more 26/11-like terror attacks and one of the reasons would be the lacklustre response by its government towards such crises.
In a release, the non-profit organisation said the historic transformation in Indo-US relations could not have occurred without the presence of Blackwill in New Delhi.
The erstwhile envoy to New Delhi made these remarks after accepting the 2007 Bridge-Builder Award for his role in transforming US-India relations.
The list of the prestigious Padma Awards 2016 awardees is out and superstar Rajnikanth is set to be honoured with the nation's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.
Blackwill asked India to engage in a major way to help build a civil society in Iraq.
The US dismissed as speculation reports that its Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill decided to quit as he was 'unhappy' over America's lack of firmness in dealing with the terrorism issue between India and Pakistan.
The outgoing US ambassador expressed confidence that India and the US would win the war against terrorism.
The United States ambassador expressed his countrys interest in helping end cross-border terrorism and aiding the economic development of Jammu and Kashmir.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Outgoing US ambassador to India Robert D Blackwill said, 'There will be no American roadmaps. No American gameplan. No American substantive proposals.'
Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Ahmad Khan said Kashmiris would be delighted to see the back of the US ambassador to India.
'I think he is heartless because he is condoning the genocide of the Kashmiris, and how can he do that?' foreign office spokesperson Massood Khan said.
The agreement stipulates that each country will not knowingly facilitate, consent to or cooperate with efforts by any third country for the extradition, surrender or transfer of each other's nationals to any international tribunal.
Expressing concern over the growing trade imbalance between the United States and India, outgoing US Ambassador to India Robert D Blackwill said on Wednesday that American exports to India have languished at low levels since 1997.\n\n\n\n
Outgoing American Ambassador to India Robert D Blackwill said the Indian government had also spoken about considering sending troops under different circumstances.
Blackwill is scheduled to meet Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, political leaders and some prominent residents, the sources said.
Considered a close associate of US President George W Bush, his appointment was seen as a measure of the importance Bush attached to improving relations with India.
Modi might use military option against Pakistan if the next terror attack is traced back to them.
The Devyani Khobragade row, India-Pakistan bickering over Afghanistan and a nightclub act by two diplomats were some of the issues discussed at one of the sessions at Jaipur Lit Fest, reports Sanchari Bhattacharya.
However, Trump sought to dismiss the charges by saying that these "Washington elites" should look for answers on why the world has become a mess.
The owner of two New Jersey defence contracting businesses has been charged with allegedly transmitting military blueprints to India, including those for torpedo systems for nuclear submarines, without a license in violation of export laws, through a password-protected church website, United States Attorney Paul J Fishman announced.
'In the past the US has been reluctant to name Pakistan directly in an US-India joint statement.'
Delhi's inability to open up a new canvas with Pakistan and Sharif is symptomatic of its sluggish thinking. Jyoti Malhotra analyses
Narendra Modi's promise to allow states a bigger say in strategising and building foreign policy is unexceptionable, says TP Sreenivasan.
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