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Hillary wraps up Asia tour in India

Sees quiet progress in ties with New Delhi, Beijing

AFP, New Delhi
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday closed a tour of rising powers India and China during which she turned to quiet diplomacy to make small but clear advances over key rifts.
Hillary's week-long trip was dominated by a crisis in China over dissident Chen Guangcheng, who took refuge in the US embassy in Beijing, and ended in India where usually friendly US ties have been tested by disagreement on Iran.
In both Beijing and New Delhi, Hillary was circumspect in her public comments, fearing that more robust pressure would backfire. But in cautious statements, India and China both
appeared to move forward on US concerns.
Foreign Minister SM Krishna, speaking on Tuesday after talks with Hillary, said India has cut back on purchases of Iranian oil and shared the US goal of preventing the Islamic republic from developing a nuclear bomb.
Krishna argued that oil companies were leading the decision on reductions, sidestepping India's past denunciations of a US law that will impose sanctions on countries that continue to buy Iranian oil.
However, Krishna acknowledged that Iran
" remains an important source of oil for us".
"This issue is not a source of discord between our two countries, "he insisted.
"There is no doubt that India and the United States are after the same goal," Hillary told a news conference before flying back toWashington.
She also joined her Indian counterpart in pressing Pakistan to do more to combat terror networks as they vowed to step up joint efforts against extremism.
"We look to the government of Pakistan to do more," she told a press conference in India, a day
after she said al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
"It needs to make sure its territory is not used as a launching pad for terrorist attacks anywhere, including inside Pakistan," she added.
The United States and India have been developingwarmer relations since the ColdWar.
Hillary, speaking Monday in Kolkata, said "two great countries cannot possibly agree on everything" and that the key was to keep dialogue open.
Hillary travelled to New Delhi to prepare for the US-India Strategic Dialogue, held each year since 2010, which will take place next month in Washington.
In Beijing, she and Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner took part in the Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China.
The US relationship with India is much friendlier than that with China. But US officials were eager to broaden dialogue, with Hillary meeting Monday in Kolkata with influential regional leader Mamata Banerjee.
In the middle of her trip, Hillary also paid her first visit as secretary of state to Bangladesh, hoping to encourage pro-US sentiment in the moderately inclined Muslim-majority nation.