Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth26 September 1932
CityPunjab, India
CountryIndia
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We cannot be the crossroads of Asia but remain disconnected within our own region.
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We remain hopeful that solutions acceptable to all sides will be found.
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Unfortunately, the United Nations suffers from a democracy deficit, ... Until the U.N. becomes more representative of the contemporary world and more relevant to our concerns and aspirations, its ability to deliver on ... its own charter obligations will remain limited.
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Regional economic cooperation in South Asia has fallen far short of our expectations and the dreams of our founding fathers, ... It remains far behind more successful examples in both Asia and other regions of the world. I sincerely hope that SAFTA comes into force by January 1, 2006, but even this will represent only a modest beginning in terms of our goals.
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I very much hope that Australia, as a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, would endorse what I and President Bush have worked out. This is an agreement, which helps the cause of nuclear non-proliferation. India has an impeccable record of not entering into any unauthorized arms proliferation.
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These blasts have been timed to create disaffection during the festival season when people of all communities are celebrating our national festivals,
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It would be wrong to promise early results,
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Our emphasis and sincere desire is that this matter should be resolved without taking recourse to coercive methods and any sort of confrontation, as they only exacerbate tensions in the region and beyond.
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We should be targeting a 10 percent growth rate in two to three years' time, ... In my view, this is eminently feasible.
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We don't have a broad based consensus in our coalition for me to assert that I can move forward in a big way,
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We have agreed to cooperate in civilian nuclear energy,
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We reviewed the status of our cooperation including the agenda that was set on July 18, 2005.
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We continue to be disturbed and dismayed at indications of the external linkages of terrorist groups with the Oct. 29 bombing,
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We have an obligation to work together to deal with this madness.