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American foreign policy needs to transition from the Middle East to Asia, a top US diplomat said today while rejecting any notion that recent economic woes signalled the United States was in decline.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kurt Campbell, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, added in an interview with The Australian newspaper that there was more to US-Asia diplomacy than Washington’s relationship with Beijing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“One of the most important challenges for US foreign policy is to effect a transition from the immediate and vexing challenges of the Middle East to the long-term and deeply consequential issues in Asia,” Campbell said.<\/p>\n

He made clear this did not mean Washington would neglect its responsibilities in the Middle East, but was rather a desire to deepen relations with the Asian region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And while efforts were being made to enhance Washington’s dialogue with China, it was more than just relations with Beijing that were important.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I think what you see is an across-the-board effort (by the US) to articulate India as playing a greater role in Asia,”<\/strong> said Campbell, a key aide to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

“Also, revitalising relations with ASEAN — both ASEAN as an institution, and with its key members such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore, and revitalising what used to be a very important relationship with the Philippines.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Campbell said America’s economic troubles, that came to a head this month when Standard & Poor’s downgraded the country’s credit rating, meant he was having to project a more basic message to Asia — that the United States is in the region to stay.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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