US refuses to talk China with India

NEW DELHI: Days before US secretary of state John Kerrytouched down in Beijing for his renewed outreach to China, US officials traveled to China to hold high level discussions on South Asia.

There was nothing remarkable in this except for the fact that the US has refused to hold the East Asia dialogue with India for the past year. Through the East Asia dialogue, the US and India discussed issues relating to China and beyond, while India and South Asia are the subjects of discussion with China in the South Asia dialogue.

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