China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at the time of our independence: to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease, which have afflicted millions and millions of our people.

I have always believed that the ultimate purpose of economic policies and development policy is to meet the basic needs of our people. And for that, we need a fast-expanding economy.

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 don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.

I sincerely believe what happens in India has, I think, lessons, morals for the future evolution of humankind in the 21st century.