BIDEN ADMIN PUSHES FOR DEEPER TIES WITH INDIA, TOUGH STANCE AGAINST CHINA

The Biden administration has said that by restoring US credibility and reasserting forward-looking global leadership, it will ensure that America, not a more assertive and authoritarian China, sets the international agenda, working alongside countries like India to shape new norms and agreements globally that advance its interests and reflect its values. The comments were made in the Biden administration's Interim National Security Strategic Guidance. "We will deepen our partnership with India and work alongside New Zealand, as well as Singapore, Vietnam, and other ASEAN member states, to advance shared objectives. Recognising the ties of shared history and sacrifice, we will reinforce our partnership with Pacific Island states,” the Guidance said.