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US welcomes emerging India's role in Asia Pacific

WASHINGTON: The US welcomes India's greater involvement in East Asia and is committed to working with New Delhi as it increases ties with US allies in Southeast Asia and Japan, a senior US official has said.

"Ultimately, we think that India's role in the Asian-Pacific region stands to be one of the most important new developments over the course of the next decade," Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Kurt Campbell told reporters Wednesday.

Offering to help India and China improve their relations, he said: "We also, frankly, support an improvement in dialogue between India and China, and we would seek to take steps to facilitate that as we move forward."

Back in November 2009, India had expressed deep concern over a joint statement issued after President Barack Obama's China visit acknowledging Beijing's role in South Asia. Among other things, it "welcomed all efforts conducive to peace, stability and development in South Asia".

It also supported "the improvement and growth of relations between India and Pakistan" and expressed readiness "to strengthen communication, dialogue and cooperation on issues related to South Asia and work together to promote peace, stability and development in that region".

However, after Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington last month, the joint statement made no reference to South Asia apparently in response to New Delhi's sensitivities.

US welcomes emerging India's role in Asia Pacific - The Economic Times
 
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US rejects India's radio-tagging complaints, says standard procedure

United States on Monday rejected New Delhi's complaints about radio-tagging of some Indian students caught up in a visa and immigration scam and defended the practice saying it is "standard procedure for a variety of investigations, and does not necessarily imply guilt or suspicion of criminal activity."

Amid outrage in some quarters in India about the electronic monitoring of 18 students from among nearly 1500 caught up in the incident, the state department issued a lengthy statement explaining that the use of ankle monitor "is a positive alternative to confinement during a pending investigation."

It appears that students were offered a choice between immediate legal procedure -- which would have involved temporary incarceration, hiring legal counsels, posting bond etc – and electronic monitoring, and many of them opted for the latter. In fact, there appears to be a cultural gap is understanding radio tagging, with many in India believing it to imply criminality, whereas in the US, it is used to offer freedom of move in place of confinement during investigation. Many celebrities and public figures in the US have been radio tagged pending investigations.

"(It) does not necessarily imply guilt or suspicion of criminal activity. An ankle monitor sends a radio frequency signal containing location and other information to a receiver. It allows for freedom of movement and is a positive alternative to confinement during a pending investigation," the state department explained in a statement after New Delhi expressed strong concern about students being treated like criminals.

External affairs minister S M Krishna, himself an exchange student who studied in the United States in the 1960s (and as have many in the union council of ministers subsequently) had taken up the issue of tagging after initial reports suggested Indian students may have been victims of a visa fraud ring. But subsequently inquiries have indicated some of them may have been aware of the situation while exploiting loopholes in the process to emigrate to the US.

Countering the Indian complaint, the US said the Department of State takes allegations of immigration and visa fraud very seriously, and the " Tri-Valley University fraud allegations are an excellent example of the universally damaging effects of visa fraud." Such visa fraud "hinders genuine students from studying in the US and causes opportunities and resources to be taken away from legitimate applicants," it cautioned.

"Visa fraud is not a victimless crime, and fraud agents and fake document vendors target some of the most vulnerable and impoverished members of Indian society," the statement added.

Reassuringly for genuine victims of the Tri-Valley incident, the statement said a legitimate student who is a fraud victim "should have little trouble re-applying and enrolling in a different, fully-accredited educational organization." If fraud victims choose to return to India first and apply for a new student visa, they will be treated the same as any other applicant, it added.

US justifies radio trackers, says standard procedure - The Times of India
 
The logic is US wants to play India agents China.........

I dont understand y that should bother u...:coffee:

If US thinks it is pitting India against china by giving us high-tech weapons, a civil nuclear deal, support for admission for Permanent seat in security council, Asia-Pacific business forums, exclusive forums NSG etc... then I think its a good deal..:cheers:
 
The logic is US wants to play India agents China.........

1. No there is no relation to the topic and u have posted off topic flame.

2. Even if Us wants India against china why it hurt ur back. We know as an chinese supporter u want to spoil the relations and are feeling jealous.
 

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