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Indian PM calls for mutual trust with US in high tech areas (AFP, Jun 21, 2004)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday mutual trust between India and the United States was key to a strategic partnership in high-tech areas, including commerce.

"India and the United States recognise that there is a vast scope for bilateral high technology commerce, including civilian space commerce," Singh said in a speech read out by junior minister Prithvi Raj Chauhan at the start of an India-US Conference on Space Science, Applications and Commerce.

"Strong economic ties in high technology based on mutual trust can greatly supplement our shared values and political interest."

While Democrats and pundits remain trapped in the Atlanticism of the mid-20th Century, the president of the UnitedStates should be judged by our relations with India.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 22, 2004 8:14 AM