Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10NEWDELHI101
2010-01-21 11:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 000101
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS, USDOC FOR
ITA/MAC/OSA/LDROKER/ASTERN/KRUDD,
DEPT PASS TO USTR MDELANEY/CLILIENFELD/AADLER, TREASURY FOR
OFFICE OF SOUTH ASIA MNUGENT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/15/2020
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN
SUBJECT: ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO
SECRETARY'S POLICY SPEECH
REF: SECSTATE 04128
Classified By: Political Counselor Uzra Zeya for reasons 1.4 (B,D)
Media Reaction
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 000101
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS, USDOC FOR
ITA/MAC/OSA/LDROKER/ASTERN/KRUDD,
DEPT PASS TO USTR MDELANEY/CLILIENFELD/AADLER, TREASURY FOR
OFFICE OF SOUTH ASIA MNUGENT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/15/2020
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN
SUBJECT: ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO
SECRETARY'S POLICY SPEECH
REF: SECSTATE 04128
Classified By: Political Counselor Uzra Zeya for reasons 1.4 (B,D)
Media Reaction
--------------
1. (C) Secretary Clinton's January 12 Asia-Pacific speech in
Honolulu was reported in two leading Indian newspapers, THE
HINDUSTAN TIMES and THE INDIAN EXPRESS. The reports, drawn
from wire stories, focused on the Secretary's terming Asia as
"indispensable" to meeting global security and humanitarian
challenges and said the speech implied that the Obama
administration views India, China and Japan to be the key
players in the region. The reports highlighted the
Secretary's remark: "It was no accident that the first state
visit hosted by President and Mrs. Obama was for an Asian
leader, Indian Prime Minister Singh."
MEA Reaction
--------------
2. (C) The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has released
no official reaction to the Secretary's speech at this time.
The Americas Division and the East Asia Division desk
officers declined to comment on the speech.
Civil Society/ Business Sector Reaction
--------------
3. (C) Secretary Clinton's speech is still filtering down in
New Delhi. Most of the trusted Delhi think tank and
strategic community contacts whom we contacted had not yet
digested the speech. A research assistant at the Institute
for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS, a New Delhi based think
tank),told us IPCS is following the "renewed interest" of
the U.S. in Southeast Asia (SEA) as a balance to China's
"strong influence" on the regional geopolitics of the area.
He interpreted U.S. interest in the area as strategic and as
driven by economic interest in emerging Free Trade Agreements
and the region's ability to weather the financial crisis.
Representatives from the American Chamber of Commerce in New
Delhi and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry were not available to comment.
ROEMER
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS, USDOC FOR
ITA/MAC/OSA/LDROKER/ASTERN/KRUDD,
DEPT PASS TO USTR MDELANEY/CLILIENFELD/AADLER, TREASURY FOR
OFFICE OF SOUTH ASIA MNUGENT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/15/2020
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN
SUBJECT: ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO
SECRETARY'S POLICY SPEECH
REF: SECSTATE 04128
Classified By: Political Counselor Uzra Zeya for reasons 1.4 (B,D)
Media Reaction
--------------
1. (C) Secretary Clinton's January 12 Asia-Pacific speech in
Honolulu was reported in two leading Indian newspapers, THE
HINDUSTAN TIMES and THE INDIAN EXPRESS. The reports, drawn
from wire stories, focused on the Secretary's terming Asia as
"indispensable" to meeting global security and humanitarian
challenges and said the speech implied that the Obama
administration views India, China and Japan to be the key
players in the region. The reports highlighted the
Secretary's remark: "It was no accident that the first state
visit hosted by President and Mrs. Obama was for an Asian
leader, Indian Prime Minister Singh."
MEA Reaction
--------------
2. (C) The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has released
no official reaction to the Secretary's speech at this time.
The Americas Division and the East Asia Division desk
officers declined to comment on the speech.
Civil Society/ Business Sector Reaction
--------------
3. (C) Secretary Clinton's speech is still filtering down in
New Delhi. Most of the trusted Delhi think tank and
strategic community contacts whom we contacted had not yet
digested the speech. A research assistant at the Institute
for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS, a New Delhi based think
tank),told us IPCS is following the "renewed interest" of
the U.S. in Southeast Asia (SEA) as a balance to China's
"strong influence" on the regional geopolitics of the area.
He interpreted U.S. interest in the area as strategic and as
driven by economic interest in emerging Free Trade Agreements
and the region's ability to weather the financial crisis.
Representatives from the American Chamber of Commerce in New
Delhi and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry were not available to comment.
ROEMER