The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.

I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.

I think the Chinese do have visions of being a great power. And I think it's legitimate. And I don't see that that's a danger to us.

Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where our two countries [India and the USA] can work together.