Salman Khurshid will be a valued partner: US

November 01, 2012 12:31

Newly appointed External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid would be a "valued partner" for furthering India-US ties, a top American official said today.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner also said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks forward to work with Khurshid in the coming days. "We've had an especially productive relationship with Minister Khurshid in his prior service at the Ministry of External Affairs, as well as other positions within the government of India," Toner said.

"We believe he will be a valued partner in carrying forward the strategic dialogue that Secretary Clinton has co-chaired and in building what President Obama has called a defining partnership with India," he said in response to a question about India's new External Affairs Minister.

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