<p>"India and China are two rising powers, very important players on the global scene," State Department Deputy Spokesman, Robert Wood, said at a news briefing yesterday.<br /><br />The United States would be dealing very closely with India and China in coming years, he said. "They're key, and our relationships with both are growing."<br /><br />Wood's comments came two days after India strongly reacted to the references to the Indo-Pak ties in a Sino-US joint statement issued during President Barack Obama's China visit and made it clear that it would not brook any third party role in bilateral matters.<br /><br />"A third country role cannot be envisaged nor is it necessary," the External Affairs Ministry spokesman said New Delhi in a terse comment on the statement<br />Both Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao had voiced support for improvement in Indo-Pak ties and their readiness to promote peace and stability in the region, listing the situation in South Asia among regional and global challenges. <br /><br />Observing that the US is engaged in intensive dialogue with both countries, Wood said: "I think both countries also realise the importance of the Indo-Sino relationship, and to work towards improving that not only for regional stability, but for global stability as well."<br /><br />However, the Deputy Spokesman refrained from making any comment on India getting a place in the UN Security Council, where China along with the US, Britain, France and Russia is a permanent member.<br /><br />Responding to a question, Wood said the US does have its concerns with China, which it has raised with the Chinese authorities.<br /><br />"We have raised them when appropriate, and at all levels of our interaction. Hopefully, China will move in the direction that we'd like to see it go," he said.<br /><br />The US and China have often differed on the issue of human rights and Washington has been raising it with the Chinese authorities along with its other concerns.</p>
<p>"India and China are two rising powers, very important players on the global scene," State Department Deputy Spokesman, Robert Wood, said at a news briefing yesterday.<br /><br />The United States would be dealing very closely with India and China in coming years, he said. "They're key, and our relationships with both are growing."<br /><br />Wood's comments came two days after India strongly reacted to the references to the Indo-Pak ties in a Sino-US joint statement issued during President Barack Obama's China visit and made it clear that it would not brook any third party role in bilateral matters.<br /><br />"A third country role cannot be envisaged nor is it necessary," the External Affairs Ministry spokesman said New Delhi in a terse comment on the statement<br />Both Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao had voiced support for improvement in Indo-Pak ties and their readiness to promote peace and stability in the region, listing the situation in South Asia among regional and global challenges. <br /><br />Observing that the US is engaged in intensive dialogue with both countries, Wood said: "I think both countries also realise the importance of the Indo-Sino relationship, and to work towards improving that not only for regional stability, but for global stability as well."<br /><br />However, the Deputy Spokesman refrained from making any comment on India getting a place in the UN Security Council, where China along with the US, Britain, France and Russia is a permanent member.<br /><br />Responding to a question, Wood said the US does have its concerns with China, which it has raised with the Chinese authorities.<br /><br />"We have raised them when appropriate, and at all levels of our interaction. Hopefully, China will move in the direction that we'd like to see it go," he said.<br /><br />The US and China have often differed on the issue of human rights and Washington has been raising it with the Chinese authorities along with its other concerns.</p>