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US President Barack Obama has said his country can become India’s “best partner” as he concludes a landmark three-day visit to Delhi.<\/p>\n

But he stressed that climate change could not be reversed unless India embraced cleaner fuels.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama was addressing an audience largely made up of students at a town hall meeting in India’s capital.<\/p>\n

He said on Monday there was “much untapped potential” in the US-Indian economic relationship.<\/p>\n

Some 2,000 people – mostly students and one of this year’s two Nobel Peace Prize winners, Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi – cheered wildly as President Obama described relations between the two countries as the defining partnership of the 21st Century, says the BBC’s Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi.<\/p>\n

“India and the United States are not just natural partners – I believe that America can be India’s best partner,” Mr Obama said.<\/p>\n

“Of course, only Indians can decide India’s role in the world. But I’m here because I am absolutely convinced that both our peoples will have more jobs and opportunity, our nations will be more secure, and the world will be a safer and more just place when our two democracies stand together.”<\/p>\n

But President Obama warned that the world does not “stand a chance against climate change” unless developing countries like India reduce dependence on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

He also spoke of the importance of religious tolerance and raised the issue of women’s safety and dignity.<\/p>\n

“In both of our countries, in all countries, upholding this fundamental freedom [of religion] is the responsibility of the government, but its also the responsibility of every person,” President Obama said.<\/p>\n

And he said “every woman should be able to go about her day – to walk the street, or ride the bus – and be safe and be treated with the respect and dignity that she deserves.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

India has been criticised for its treatment of its women ever since a 23-year-old student was gang-raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi in December 2012.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s town hall meeting took place at Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditorium.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama’s three-day tour was aimed at boosting economic ties between the two major allies.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the first day of his visit, Mr Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a breakthrough on a pact that will allow US companies to supply India with civilian nuclear technology.<\/p>\n

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