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Clinton in India: President Focuses on Science, Technology Before Heading to Pakistan

Aired March 24, 2000 - 9:04 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: President Clinton is spending his last day in India focusing on science and technology. Tomorrow he visits India's neighbor and bitter rival, Pakistan.

CNN's Kelly Wallace has the latest on Mr. Clinton's South Asia tour.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Hyderabad, President Clinton looked into the eyes of India's future and gave polio vaccine to this 8-month-old girl. The U.S. leader applauded India's success at almost wiping out polio and pledged $5 million to help the country fight tuberculosis and AIDS.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We can defeat these diseases. We can give our children the healthy and hopeful lives they deserve in this new century.

WALLACE: Mr. Clinton saw both faces of India -- the struggle against disease and poverty and a high-tech sector with surging software exports and well-paying jobs, India's version of Silicon Valley.

CLINTON: India is fast becoming one of the world's software superpowers, proving that in a globalized world, developing nations not only can succeed, developing nations can lead.

WALLACE: But the president had another message: that India and the United States must do more to break the digital divide between the haves and the have-nots in the two largest democracies.

CLINTON: The poorest places in the world could have access to the same learning materials that only the richest schools offer their students today. We can do that if we do it together.

WALLACE: From high-tech to high-stakes diplomacy, Mr. Clinton leaves India Saturday for Pakistan to try to reduce tensions between the nuclear neighbors. U.S. officials say the president will tell Pakistan's military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, that his country is on the verge of becoming a failed state and that it should not waste its limited economic resources on a conflict with India over the disputed territory of Kashmir. (on camera): Indian officials told Mr. Clinton they did not want him to get involved in their dispute with Pakistan.

And now the president heads to Islamabad for a tough discussion with the general knowing that India will be watching every move.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, Hyderabad, India.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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