With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.

I think the modernization of Chinese economy and Chinese society is a prime concern.

I believe that without looking at each other as rivals or as competitors, in a democratic India, operating in the framework of an open economy, an open society has, I think, some significance for developing countries, not only in Asia but outside Asia.

I think there are enormous possibilities. And today there are no I think barriers to increased cooperation with India and the United States.

India's growth rate will be accelerated, but in the process, America would also benefit.

Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.

I sincerely hope that whatever influence the United States has in Pakistan, it will convince Pakistan that using terrorism as an instrument of state policy has no place in the world that we want to build.