Who said that "We must deal wisely with the world's largest democracy... We need to work harder and more consistently to assist India... while not neglecting our friends in Pakistan"?

President George W. Bush established the goal of enhancing relations with India.

Key Points

• Colin Luther Powell was the 65th Secretary of State of the United States. 
• He was the country's first black Secretary of State.
• Secretary of State Colin Powell's remark at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that India is "a country that should get more and more focused in the lens of our foreign policy". 
• He also asserted that  "We must deal wisely with the world's largest democracy... We need to work harder and more consistently to assist India... while not neglecting our friends in Pakistan". 
• He believes that we must work harder and more consistently to support India in this endeavour, while not forgetting our Pakistani allies.

​Thus, Colin Powell said that "We must deal wisely with the world's largest democracy... We need to work harder and more consistently to assist India... while not neglecting our friends in Pakistan". 

Additional Information

• Fareed Zakaria in his Work The Post-American World described George W. Bush as "being the most pro-Indian president in American history.