Washington : The Obama Administration has christened Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Indo-US ties — that has overcome the “hesitations of history” and envisages working for the betterment of global good — as “Modi Doctrine”.
“The most important outcome in my mind of the visit this week and of the years of effort that preceded it is the clear and compelling vision that was laid out by Prime Minister Modi before joint session of the US Congress,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal said.
“This vision which I have come to call The Modi Doctrine lays out a foreign policy that overcomes the hesitations of history and embraces the convergence between our two countries and our shared interests,” Biswal told a Washington audience.
Biswal, the Obama Administration’s point person for South and Central Asia, said this at a discussion on ‘Security and Strategic Outcomes from the Modi Visit’ organised here jointly by the Heritage Foundation -– an American think- tank – and India Foundation, a New Delhi based think-tank.
Modi, she said, in his speech furthered his bold vision of India-US partnership that can anchor peace, prosperity and stability from Asia to Africa, from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific and help ensure the security of the sea lanes of commerce and freedom of navigation on the seas.
“This Modi Doctrine notes that the absence of an agreed security architecture creates uncertainty in Asia and reiterates India’s adherence to and calls for others support for international laws and norms,” Biswal said.
India, she said, is now key element of Obama Administration’s policy of rebalance to Asia, a strategy which recognizes that America’s security and prosperity increasingly depend on the security and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific.
NSG VIENNA MEET IS INCONCLUSIVE
VIENNA: A two-day meeting in Vienna of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to decide on India’s application for membership to the 48-nation club ended on Friday without a breakthrough. India’s application is now expected to be taken up in a meeting in Seoul on June 20. The handful of nations resisting India’s admission to the group, including South Africa, New Zealand and Turkey, have somewhat softened their stance, opening the door to a process under which non-NPT states such as India might join, diplomats said. However, China continues to hold its ground.
