Need to construct tips and if required, pink strains for Indo-Pacific: outgoing US envoy Juster

Emphasizing the necessity to construct tips and if mandatory, ‘red lines’ for the Info-Pacific area, outgoing US Ambassador to India Ken Juster mentioned on Tuesday that such an endeavor would allow all international locations within the area to prosper.
In his farewell coverage speech right here, Juster mentioned the Indo-Pacific area wants stability and democratic governance, and that’s the reason India is vital.
He additionally asserted that no bilateral relations on the planet are as broad and of such substance than the one between India and the US.
Juster was appointed by the US president on November 3, 2017, to be the twenty fifth United States ambassador to India.
Underlining the significance of the Info-Pacific in US-India ties, Juster mentioned, “We are now building out the foundation of a stronger Indo-Pacific architecture that will enable us to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.”
“Our mission over the next five years and beyond should be to give this endeavour further form and substance to develop guidelines and if necessary, even red lines. This should enable all countries to prosper in a region that respects sovereignty, a rules based order and a peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with international law,” he mentioned.

Juster mentioned as democracies, the US and India are dedicated to a guidelines primarily based order in addition to to peace and diplomacy.
“We (US and India) are both influenced by the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. But we know that not everyone thinks as we do and some choose suicide vests or military incursions,” he mentioned with out naming any nation.
“That is why the US and India committed to strengthening our defence and security cooperation,” he mentioned.