03-21-2006, 01:13 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Both India, America stand to gain from nuclear pact: Kissinger </b>
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in a newspaper opinion piece hailed this month's nuclear deal between the United States and India, which "promises to make a seminal contribution to international peace and prosperity."
Kissinger, who served as secretary of state between 1973 and 1977, hailed the historic agreement as heralding <b>"an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence between the two powers.</b>
"In a period preoccupied with concerns over terrorism and the<span style='color:red'> potential clash of civilizations, the emerging cooperation between the two great democracies, India and the United States, introduces a positive and hopeful perspective,"</span> Kissinger wrote in a Washington Post editorial which also appeared in other US media.
<b>"Too often America's India policy is justified -- occasionally with a wink -- as a way to contain China. But the reality has been that so far India and America have found it in their interest to maintain a constructive relationshiop with China," </b>Kissinger wrote.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"To be sure, America's global strategy benefits from Indian participation in building a new world order.</span> But India will not serve as America's foil with China, and will resent any attempts to use it in that role."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in a newspaper opinion piece hailed this month's nuclear deal between the United States and India, which "promises to make a seminal contribution to international peace and prosperity."
Kissinger, who served as secretary of state between 1973 and 1977, hailed the historic agreement as heralding <b>"an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence between the two powers.</b>
"In a period preoccupied with concerns over terrorism and the<span style='color:red'> potential clash of civilizations, the emerging cooperation between the two great democracies, India and the United States, introduces a positive and hopeful perspective,"</span> Kissinger wrote in a Washington Post editorial which also appeared in other US media.
<b>"Too often America's India policy is justified -- occasionally with a wink -- as a way to contain China. But the reality has been that so far India and America have found it in their interest to maintain a constructive relationshiop with China," </b>Kissinger wrote.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"To be sure, America's global strategy benefits from Indian participation in building a new world order.</span> But India will not serve as America's foil with China, and will resent any attempts to use it in that role."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->