On India, Obama has more than once expressed his great admiration for its vibrant democracy and maintained that the two countries should be "natural allies".
Obama had lent support to the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal though he initially had reservations on it. The President-elect had strongly condemned the November 26 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
"These coordinated attacks on innocent civilians demonstrate the grave and urgent threat of terrorism. The United States must continue to strengthen our partnerships with India and nations around the world to root out and destroy terrorist networks," he had said.
Image: A vendor sells souvenirs of Obama at the Barack Obama Nyang'oma Kogelo primary school, 430 km west of Kenya's capital Nairobi.
Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
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