India can play more weighty role in Indo Pacific region: US

The US has said that India has the capability and potential to play a more weighty role in the Indo-Pacific region.Briefing reporters on the Trump administration's Indo-Pacific Strategy, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Alex Wong said it is in the US' interest as well as of the entire region that



India plays an increasingly weighty role in the region. 

He said India as a nation has invested in a free and open order. 

In response to a question, Mr Wong said that India's role is on all fronts, whether it is security, economic or diplomatic.