US Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has said America’s deepening of its engagement with rest of the world, including India was part of Bush administration’s policy to accommodate emerging economies into the international framework.Introduced by the tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal at the World Steel Association, the top administration official argued that the international system is changing and hence “great,large countries” would have to be accommodated in that global framework.“. we have been trying to build over these last several years to expand access to the global economy. We have indeed been deepening our engagement with emerging economic leaders.“We have strong relationships with China, and with India, where I just visited, and with Brazil, and with others.Because international system is changing, and the emergence of these great, large economies has got to be accommodated in an international framework,” Rice told the gathering in Washington.Highlighting the importance of education and global engagement, Rice cited the contribution of high-skilled Indian professionals in the America’s IT revolution.“On the subcontinent, where I just visited in India, a place where universities are springing up all over to bring innovation and technology to the core so that those great Indian software scientists who are populating my home, the Silicon Valley, might also populate Hyderabad,” Rice observed.
