No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations.

India is located at Asia's crossroads. And, we will assume our responsibility to build an inter-connected Asia. Asia of rivalries will hold us back. Asia of unity will shape the world.

Success of humanity lies in our collective strengths, not in the battlefield. For global peace and development, reforms are necessary in global organisations. Reform is the key to relevance. Permanent G20 membership to African Union at the New Delhi Summit was an important step towards this.

I have always thought that it ought to be the main end of English statecraft over a long period of years to cultivate good relations with the United States.

Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the Nazis together. The universal international organization - the United Nations - was then established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again.

We have a very good relationship. People say we have the best relationship of any President, because he's called President also. Now some people might call him the King of China, but he's called President.