New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "article of faith" that his country needs to work closely with the economies of Southeast Asia has made these nations look up to India for leadership on a host of global issues, be it climate change or financial crisis.
"My own view is that India's destiny lies in working closely with the economies of Southeast Asia," Singh said at the ASEAN and East Asia Summits (EAS) which saw 16 leaders, including those from Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, China, Australia and South Korea converge at the Thai beach town of Cha-Am Hua Hin.
With an over USD one trillion economy and a market catchment of over 1.2 billion people, India's transformation weighs heavily on the rest of growing Asian nations.
"EAS countries recognise the impact of India's socio-economic transformation on the reshaping of the global economic order, and the opportunities this has for accelerating Asia s own growth," the Prime Minister said on the outcome of these meetings.
He said he was "convinced that there is tremendous goodwill for India in South East and East Asia, and therefore the sky is the limit for our engagement with this region," Singh said.
India's views that a "differentiated" responsibility be given to the countries on climate change and the global fiscal stimuli should remain in tact found support at these meetings
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