By NNN-PTI,
Washington : The Republican Party has welcomed America’s new relationship with India and said the common security concerns and shared commitment to political freedom could be the foundation for an enduring partnership between the two countries.
“We welcome America’s new relationship with India, including the US-India Civil Nuclear Accord. Our common security concerns and shared commitment to political freedom and representative government can be the foundation for an enduring partnership” the draft of the Party platform for 2008 has said.
The Grand Old Party (GOP) has been quite short this year on the status of Indo-US relations but managed to grasp the essence of the bilateral thrusts of a relationship that has deepened and widened the scope in last seven years of the Bush administration.
In 2004, the GOP was more expansive about India making the point that since 2001 the US has started with a view of India as a “growing world power” with which Washington has common security interests and a shared and fundamental commitment to political freedom.
“Through a strong partnership with India, we can best address any differences and shape a dynamic future. The prospects for that partnership were further enhanced by the announcement this January of the “Next Steps in Strategic Partnership” between the United States and India, a new effort to further deepen and accelerate cooperation between our two nations” the Republicans said four years ago and going on to applaud the growing economic ties with India.
“Finally, we share the commitment to fighting terrorism and creating a strategically stable Asia,” the GOP said in 2004.