United States to promote a greater role for India in Asia.

<P> In Asia, a more confident China to the growing anxiety, the U.S. is promoting India as Asia's leading democracies and one of the largest economies in the region to play a greater role. .</ P> <P> • U.S. President Barack Obama (BarackObama) before the visit to India next month, senior U.S. officials said Monday they hope the Indian trade in South Asia and outside the region, political and security cooperation, to play a "more .positive "effect. .</ P> <P> official said: "We see India as major powers in East Asia. India should not be confined to their region." </ P> <P> So far, India has not joined the emerging East Asian institutions - .- loosely these institutions will be China, Japan and South Korea and Southeast Asian countries, linking the United States and Australia. .</ P> <P> the United States published remark comes as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh • (ManmohanSingh) will visit Japan as the first stop. .Singh will also visit this week, Vietnam and Malaysia. .</ P> <P> Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (NaotoKan) signed an economic cooperation agreement, the Japanese fast-growing Indian economy paved the way for increased investment. .</ P> <P> Indian leaders also fear that the Chinese government with Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka's growing political and trade relations, is caused by compression of India. .U.S. officials said: "China is definitely our two governments, a topic of active discussion. But our concern different." </ P> <P> Indian government has also expressed concerns about US-China relations. .Obama's visit to China last year, making China during the announcement could play a role in South Asia, which makes India feel uneasy. .</ P> <P> India in particular concerned about China's ambitions to possess nuclear weapons in Pakistan, rising naval power of China and Arunachal Pradesh (ArunachalPradesh) and Kashmir (Kashmir) in the border dispute. .</ P> <P> U.S. officials said, and promote a greater role for India in Asia, not trying to re-balance the U.S. relationship with India and China. .But they said that India will be in the East Asian Summit (EastAsiasummit) and other Asian Regional Forum to play a greater role. .</ P> <P> the outside world is expected that India will not join the U.S. defense alliance, but it has become the most frequent military exercises with U.S. partners - the two countries conducted over the past 8 years, 50 military exercises. .U.S. officials are keen on developing India's military equipment interoperability, so that it can in the fight against piracy, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations to provide support. .</ P> <P> the United States, said US-Indian relations in the Bill • Clinton (BillClinton), George • Bush (GeorgeW.Bush) and Obama as president during the "exponential" change. .</ P>.