The US has forged a “strategic partnership” with India in the eight years of Obama administration which also improved America’s standing in the world, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said, two weeks ahead of demitting the office.
“In Asia, we have been standing side by side with our friends, strengthening sanctions on North Korea, improving regional missile defence capabilities, supporting the rule of law in the South China Sea and forging a strategic
partnership with India, enhancing our ties with Vietnam and spurring democratic progress in Myanmar where a freely elected parliament has been seated for the first time,” Kerry said.
Kerry, in his addressat the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department, said because of the policies undertaken by the Obama administration in the last eight years, the US’ standing in the world has improved from what it was in 2009.