BURNS-INDIA 2LST

"We're also making progress on cooperation in space
and updating export controls to reflect the reality of a 21st
Century partnership in which India is treated as a partner and
not as a target. It is important to stress that the growth of
our partnership is about not just ties between governments,
but deepening connections between our societies.
"Today, there are more than 100,000 Indian students in
American universities, more than from any other single foreign
country; 3 million Indian-Americans play a very vibrant role
in American society; and, as Mike said, bilateral trade has
quadrupled in the last decade," Burns said.
"The fact that the president will spend three days in
India, the longest single foreign visit of his presidency so
far; the fact that this follows the first state visit of the
Obama presidency by Prime Minister Singh last year; the fact
that India is the first stop on a trip to four major Asian
democratic partners, I think all of that underscores the
significance and the potential of Indian-American
partnership," said the top American diplomat. PTI