India endorses Obama's diplomacy on Syria, Iran

September 28, 2013 00:41

India today came out in support of US President Barack Obama's policies on Syria and Iran, saying diplomacy needs to be given a chance.

"I complimented him for his vision, for his courage in giving diplomacy yet another chance," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told reporters in a joint media interaction with Obama inside the Oval Office of the White House, following an hour long meeting between the two leaders.

India, he said, fully supports these initiatives because six million Indians live in West Asia and the Middle East.

"They earn their livelihood there, which is an important part of sustaining our values of freedom," he added.

"Therefore, anything that contributes to peace and stability in the Middle East, in Iran, in Syria, is something which is in the interest of the global economy; it is certainly in the interest of people in the region in which I and India is placed," Singh said.

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