Global
Issues and
Regional
Consultations
Highlighting
their shared
democratic
values, the
President
and PM
recognized
the critical
role that
women play
in India and
the US,as
shown by
India’s "BetiBachao,
BetiPadhao”
("Save
Daughters,
Celebrate
Daughters,
Educate
Daughters”)initiative.
They looked
forward to
holding a
Women
Empowerment
Dialogue in
order to
exchange
best
practices to
enhance the
role of
women in
their
countries,
and they
asserted
zero
tolerance
for violence
against
women.
As a
critical
step in
strengthening
global
nonproliferation
and export
control
regimes, the
President
and PM
committed to
continue
work towards
India’s
phased entry
into the
Nuclear
Suppliers
Group (NSG),
the Missile
Technology
Control
Regime (MTCR),
the
Wassenaar
Arrangement
and the
Australia
Group.
The
President
affirmed
that India
meets MTCR
requirements
and is ready
for
membership
in the NSG.
He supported
India’s
early
application
and eventual
membership
in all four
regimes.
As active
participants
in the
Nuclear
Security
Summit
process, the
US and India
welcomed
progress
toward
reducing the
risk of
terrorists
acquiring
nuclear
weapons or
related
materials,
and noted
their shared
commitment
to improving
nuclear
security
nationally
and
globally.
They
reviewed
their
bilateral
dialogue on
nuclear
security and
endorsed
working
through
India’s
Global
Centre for
Nuclear
Energy
Partnership
to reinforce
safe and
secure use
of nuclear
energy
worldwide.
They also
pledged to
strengthen
their
efforts to
forge a
partnership
to lead
global
efforts for
non-proliferation
of WMDs, to
reduce the
salience of
nuclear
weapons in
international
affairs, and
to promote
universal,
verifiable,
and
non-discriminatory
global
nuclear
disarmament.
Noting
India’s "Act
East”
policy and
the United
States’
rebalance to
Asia, the
leaders
committed to
work more
closely with
other Asia
Pacific
countries
through
consultations,
dialogues,
and joint
exercises.
They
underlined
the
importance
of their
trilateral
dialogue
with Japan
and decided
to explore
holding this
dialogue
among their
Foreign
Ministers.
The
President
and PM
emphasized
the need to
accelerate
infrastructure
connectivity
and economic
development
corridors
for regional
economic
integration
linking
South,
Southeast,
and Central
Asia.
The
President
reiterated
that the US,
through its
New Silk
Road and
India-Pacific
Economic
Corridor,
is
promoting
the linkage
of India to
its
neighbors
and the
wider region
to enable a
freer flow
of commerce
and energy.
The
President
and PM noted
the success
of their
countries’
collaboration
on
agricultural
innovation
in three
African
countries.
They
announced a
new
agreement to
expand joint
development
initiatives
in third
countries in
a range of
sectors,
including
agricultural
productivity,
clean
energy,
health,
women’s
empowerment,
and disaster
preparedness.
They also
look forward
to
continuing
the
productive
cooperation
in
Afghanistan
on promoting
women’s
economic
empowerment.
The PM and
the
President
reaffirmed
their shared
interest in
preserving
regional
peace and
stability,
which are
critical to
the Asia
Pacific
region`s
continued
prosperity.
The leaders
expressed
concern
about rising
tensions
over
maritime
territorial
disputes,
and affirmed
the
importance
of
safeguarding
maritime
security and
ensuring
freedom of
navigation
and over
flight
throughout
the region,
especially
in the
South China
Sea. The
PM and
President
called on
all parties
to avoid the
use, or
threat of
use, of
force in
advancing
their
claims. The
two leaders
urged the
concerned
parties to
pursue
resolution
of their
territorial
and maritime
disputes
through all
peaceful
means, in
accordance
with
universally
recognized
principles
of
international
law,
including
the United
Nations
Convention
on the Law
of the Sea.
India and
the US
pledged to
consult
closely on
global
crises,
especially
unfolding
events in
Syria and
Iraq.
The two
leaders
committed to
exchange
information
about
nationals
returning
from these
conflict
zones, and
to seek
cooperation
in
protecting
and
responding
to the needs
of civilians
stranded in
the middle
of these
conflicts.
Recognizing
the
importance
of their
respective
strategic
partnerships
with
Afghanistan,
the leaders
asserted the
importance
of a
sustainable,
inclusive,
sovereign,
and
democratic
political
order in
Afghanistan,
and
committed to
continue
close
consultations
and
cooperation
in support
of
Afghanistan’s
future.
They
stressed the
need for
diplomacy to
resolve the
serious
concerns of
the
international
community
regarding
Iran’s
nuclear
program, and
called on
Iran to
comply with
its UN
Security
Council-imposed
obligations
and to
cooperate
fully with
the
International
Atomic
Energy
Agency.
The two
leaders
expressed
concerns
over the
continued
development
by the
Democratic
People’s
Republic of
Korea (DPRK)
of its
nuclear
weapons and
ballistic
missile
programs,
including
its uranium
enrichment
activities.
They urged
DPRK to take
concrete
actions
toward
denuclearization
and other
goals, as
well as to
comply fully
with all its
international
obligations,
including
all relevant
UN
Security
Council
resolutions,
and to
fulfill its
commitments
under the
2005 Joint
Statement of
the
Six-Party
Talks.
The
President
expressed
appreciation
for the
contributions
of Indian
peacekeepers
to global
peace and
stability
for the past
60 years,
and welcomed
the
partnership
with India
to train
third
country
peacekeepers
at India’s
training
center in
New Delhi.
The
President
reaffirmed
his support
for a
reformed UN
Security
Council with
India as a
permanent
member,
and both
leaders
committed to
ensuring
that the
Security
Council
continues to
play an
effective
role in
maintaining
international
peace and
security as
envisioned
in the
United
Nations
Charter.
The
President
also
affirmed his
commitment
to enhancing
India`s
voice and
vote in
international
financial
institutions,
and ensuring
that
resources
are made
available
and are used
creatively
through
multilateral
development
banks for
infrastructure
financing.
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