As the leaders of the
world’s two largest democracies that bridge the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean
region and reflecting our agreement that a closer partnership between the
United States and India is indispensable to promoting peace, prosperity and
stability in those regions, we have agreed on a Joint Strategic Vision for the
region.
India
and the United States are important drivers of regional and global growth. From Africa to East
Asia, we will build on our partnership to support sustainable, inclusive development,
and increased regional connectivity by collaborating with other interested
partners to address poverty and support broad-based prosperity.
To
support regional economic integration, we will promote accelerated
infrastructure connectivity and economic development in a manner that links
South, Southeast and Central Asia, including by enhancing energy transmission
and encouraging free trade and greater people-to-people linkages.
Regional
prosperity depends on security. We affirm the importance
of safeguarding maritime security and ensuring freedom of navigation and over
flight throughout the region, especially in the South China Sea.
We
call on all parties to avoid the threat or use of force and pursue resolution
of territorial and maritime disputes through all peaceful means, in accordance
with universally recognized principles of international law, including the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
We
will oppose terrorism, piracy, and the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction within or from the region.
We
will also work together to promote the shared values that have made our
countries great, recognizing that our interests in peace, prosperity and
stability are well served by our common commitment to the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR).
We
commit to strengthening the East Asia Summit on its tenth anniversary to
promote regional dialogue on key political and security issues, and to work
together to strengthen it.
In
order to achieve this regional vision, we will develop a roadmap that leverages
our respective efforts to increase ties among Asian powers, enabling both our
nations to better respond to diplomatic, economic and security challenges in
the region.
As
part of these efforts, the United States welcomes India’s interest in joining
the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, as the Indian economy is a dynamic
part of the Asian economy.
Over
the next five years, we will strengthen our regional dialogues, invest in
making trilateral consultations with third countries in the region more robust,
deepen regional integration, strengthen regional forums, explore additional
multilateral opportunities for engagement, and pursue areas where we can build
capacity in the region that bolster long-term peace and prosperity for all.
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