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1 India and the World India’s Foreign Relations Gov 1255 Prof Prerna Singh

2 India-US Relations

3 India-US relations

4 John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State & Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India Circa 1950s

5 US President Lyndon B. Johnson & Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Circa 1960s

6 US President Richard Nixon & Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Circa 1970s

7 Kissinger regrets India comments Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has expressed regret over anti-India comments he made to former US President Richard Nixon. "The Indians are bastards," Mr Kissinger said shortly before the India- Pakistan war of 1971, it was revealed this week. Mr Kissinger also called former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi a "bitch" during the conversation. At the time, the US saw India as too close to the Soviet Union. 'High regard' "I regret that these words were used. I have extremely high regard for Mrs Gandhi as a statesman”, Mr Kissinger, 82, said. "The fact that we were at cross purposes at that time was inherent in the situation but she was a great leader who did great things for her country." "This was somebody letting off steam at the end of a meeting in which both President Nixon and I were emphasising that we had gone out of our way to treat Mrs Gandhi very cordially," he said. "There was disappointment at the results of the meeting. The language was Nixon language." CONVERSATION: MAY 26, 1971 Kissinger: They are the most aggressive goddamn people around there Nixon: The Indians? Kissinger: Yeah Nixon: Sure BBC World News, Friday, 1 July, 2005

8 President Obama & Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

9 India-China Relations

10 China 1950s 1960s

11 Nehru & the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, 1959

12 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh & Chinese premier Hu Jin-tao

13 India-Pakistan Relations

14 Pakistan

15 India-Sri Lanka Relations

16 Sri Lanka

17 Chinese billions in Sri Lanka fund battle against Tamil Tigers From The Times May 2, 2009 Chinese construction workers build the port at Hambantota that analysts believe will become a base for its navy China arms may have secured Sri Lanka rout of Tigers From The Times May 15, 2009


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