Tillerson sets tone for 100-year India-US ties, chides China and Pakistan

Tillerson is travelling to India next week, Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Philippines next month

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in his first major India-policy speech set the tone of the bilateral relationship between India and the US for 100 years, a State Department official said, observing that the talk had many audiences, including China.

"China's obviously an audience of the speech. But this is a speech, obviously, which we hope all countries in the Indo- Pacific region will take to heart, that the Secretary and the President has placed a priority," a State Department official told reporters.

He was speaking after Tillerson described India as an opportunity for the US.

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