India and the WorldIndia’s Foreign Relations

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India-US Relations

India-US relations

John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State & Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India

Circa 1950s

US President Lyndon B. Johnson & Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Circa 1960s

US President Richard Nixon & Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Circa 1970s

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 thereNixon: The Indians?Kissinger: YeahNixon: Sure

BBC World News, Friday, 1 July, 2005

President Obama & Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

India-China Relations

China 1950s1960s

Nehru & the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, 1959

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

India-Pakistan Relations

Pakistan

India-Sri Lanka Relations

Sri Lanka

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 TimesMay 15, 2009