US wants peace in Iraq and Afganistan: Hussain

Patna, August 08: US President Barack Obama’s visit to India later this year will take bilateral relationship between the two countries to a new level and demonstrate how both were working together to find solutions to pressing global challenges, US special envoy Rashad Hussain said here today.

Hussain said that the Indo-US relationship will be further strengthened with the return visit of the US president to India in November.

As a special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Hussain, who was born in Bihar, said he sought to “deepen and expand the partnership that the US has pursued with the Muslims around the world.”

Hussain said the US president was a firm believer that “Islam rejects terrorism and our President has made it clear time and again.

-Agencies