Ummid Assistant

Jamia Millia launches courses on China, Afghanistan

IGNOU launches value education programme for teachers

Welcome Guest! You are here: Home » International

First US-Japan-India trilateral, say not aimed at China

Tuesday December 20, 2011 11:40:50 AM, Arun Kumar, IANS

Washington: As India, United States and Japan held their first trilateral meeting here, Washington and Tokyo affirmed a deepening of strategic ties with India and made it clear the dialogue was not directed against China.

In fact after a meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba Monday shortly before the official level trilateral, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington supported a similar trilateral meeting between US, Japan and China as proposed by Tokyo.

"The United States supports a meeting between Japan, China, and ourselves, as Foreign Minister Gemba recently proposed," she said at a press conference after the meeting which "covered global issues like Iran's nuclear ambitions and the situation in Afghanistan."

Echoing Clinton, Gemba citing the Japan-US-India trilateral dialogue "as a specific example of collaboration" said: "On India, as the Secretary suggested, we affirmed that Japan and the United States are deepening strategic relationship with India."

The meeting, at officials' level, was co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell. India was represented by Jawed Ashraf and Gautam Bambawale, joint secretaries in charge of Americas and East Asia respectively.

Later in a press release, the Indian embassy said at their first ever trilateral dialogue the three sides "exchanged views on a wide range of regional and global issues of mutual interest.

"These discussions mark the beginning of a series of consultations among our three governments, who share common values and interests across the Asia-Pacific and the globe.

"All sides welcomed the frank and comprehensive nature of the discussions, and agreed the talks help advance their shared values and interests," it said.

The group agreed to meet again in Tokyo in 2012 to continue their deliberations.

Driven by Tokyo and finalised during then foreign secretary Nirupama Rao's visit to Japan in April 2010, the dialogue is also part of New Delhi's effort to go beyond the stated Look East policy and engage North Asia as well.

The trilateral has been in the making for a long time, but the first meeting cane at a time when China is becoming increasingly assertive in East Asia and the US is seeking to ramp up its engagement with the Asia-Pacific region that includes some of the fast-growing economies in the world.

Meanwhile, Hemant K Singh, former Indian ambassador to Japan and Karl F Inderfurth, former US assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs, who have been part of the track II trilateral meetings said in a commentary that "relations between the three (nations) are in a transformational stage."

The Washington trilateral "provides an opportunity to begin the process of operationalising Indo-Pacific cooperation as a seamless construct in areas such as maritime security cooperation, counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, counter-proliferation, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance," they said.
 


(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)



 

   

 


 

 

 

Bookmark and Share

Home | Top of the Page

Comments

Note: By posting your comments here you agree to the terms and conditions of www.ummid.com

Comments powered by DISQUS

i

i

 

 

 

Top Stories

Indian lawmakers condemn Gita 'insult' in Russia

Parliamentarians across the political spectrum Monday condemned what they called an "insult" to the Bhagvad Gita after a member pointed to an IANS report that the ancient  »

Hindus make last bid to save Bhagavad Gita from ban in Russia

Bhagavad Gita faces 'extremist' branding, ban in Russia

 

  Most Read

India-Pakistan ties: A year of building trust

"Trust, but verify." Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's watchword on re-engaging Pakistan found traction in 2011 and saw the troubled post-26/11 ties turning a corner, with the leaders of both countries resolving  »

Kim's death: Will India-North Korea ties improve?

India is closely watching developments in North Korea following the death of its longtime leader Kim Jong-il, which could improve New Delhi's ties with the reclusive country whose nuclear programme and  »

North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il dies

 

  News Pick

Saudi prince buys into Twitter

Saudi billionaire prince Alwaleed bin Talal has invested $300 million in the microblogging company Twitter, becoming its latest major investor. Alwaleed, the nephew of Saudi Arabian King  »

A community effort to curb suicides in Mumbai

Kumbharwada, a hamlet of potters in Mumbai's Dharavi slums, suffered from a very high rate of suicides some three decades ago. Men, women, young boys and girls or even senior citizens would just walk to the nearby railway  »

Probe into duping of aspiring Haj pilgrims

The owner of a travel agency in Srinagar who duped aspiring pilgrims for this year's Haj to Saudi Arabia has been arrested. Fabiyan Wahid Gilkar, the owner of Hajeej India travel agency, was arrested in Rajasthan Sunday.  »

 

Picture of the Day

Jamia Vice- Chancellor Najeeb Jung confer the degree of "Doctor of Letters"( Honoris Causa) on Prof. Amartya Sen at a special convocation, in New Delhi on Friday.

(Photo: IANS)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RSS  |  Contact us

 

| Quick links

News

 

Subscribe to

Ummid Assistant

 

National

Religion

RSS

Scholarships

About us

International

Culture

Twitter

Government Schemes

Feedback

Regional

History

Facebook

Education

Register

Politics

Opinion

Newsletter

Contact us

Business

Career

     

Education

     

 

 

Ummid.com: Disclaimer | Terms of Use | Advertise with us | Link Exchange

Ummid.com is part of the Awaz Multimedia & Publications providing World News, News Analysis and Feature Articles on Education, Health. Politics, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Industry etc. The articles or the views displayed on this website are for public information and in no way describe the editorial views. The users are entitled to use this site subject to the terms and conditions mentioned.

© 2010 Awaz Multimedia & Publications. All rights reserved.