Obama admires Manmohan Singh

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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US President, Barack Obama admired the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to a top US official the two leaders continue to have frequent exchange in making sure that the US and India carry on certain activities that have been generated since long.

"We continue to very much look to our partnership with India to continue to develop even deeper ties. As you know, President Obama has the utmost respect and admiration for Prime Minister Singh, and they continue to have frequent exchanges in making sure that we continue the momentum that’s been generated," Mike Hammer, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs said.

In a news briefing with foreign journalists Hammer said,  "The very wonderful part about the evolution of the India-America partnership is that it really began with President (Bill) Clinton and has continued on through the administration of President (George) Bush, and now accelerated under President Obama."

Washington always continues to have outstanding collaboration with its Indian counterparts on a full range of issues, Hammer said.

"We try to engage them as much as possible because we believe that India is an important partner, certainly it is the world’s largest democracy, it is one that can contribute greatly to addressing the world challenges that we face today as a global community," He said.

Mr Hammer said that it was very critical time over the last week when Haqqanis attacked the US embassy in Afghanistan. The US official said that America has encouraged Pakistani Government to take action against the Haqqanis.

"We will continue to press them to do that," he said. "We recognize that Pakistan itself has made some incredible sacrifices in fighting extremist militants, but this is one area where we need to see more. It is critical for the good of Pakistan and obviously for the interests of the United States that more efforts are undertaken to go after the Haqqani Network," Hammer said.

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