The visit was significant in the context of rising China's clout in the Asia-Pacific region due to which US is concerned and asked for India’s cooperation.
India is firmly anchored in U.S. strategy for a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.
The U.S. wants India to partner with Japan and Australia as a hedge against Chinese aggression.
The U.S. also wants India working with it to build road and port connectivity in Indo-Pacific region as an alternative to China's ambitious One Belt One Road initiative.
The recent visit provides India and Washington an opportunity to assess each other’s priorities at a time of extraordinary unpredictability in regional and global politics.
The development of US’s strategic partnership with India is a critical part of the South Asia strategy of America. US acknowledge that India is a key security and economic partner of the United States.
US appreciated India’s important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, economic assistance and development.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 was awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.
The campaign’s founders were inspired by the tremendous success of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines which a decade earlier had played an instrumental role in the negotiation of the anti-personnel mine ban convention or Ottawa treaty.
