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| Farah Pandith vows to engage Muslim world with dialogue | | | Agencies
Washington, July 02: Reflecting the changing face of the United States under Obama Administration, India-born Muslim American Farah Pandith on Thursday vowed to engage the Muslim world through dialogue and diplomacy so as to improve America's image and its relationship with them.
The Special US Representative to Muslim World, Pandith has been appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to push further the Obama Administration's agenda to improve America's image among Muslims, which has reached a historic low mainly because of the two wars - Afghanistan and Iraq - by the Bush Administration.
"What we want to do is build dialogue, not because we think there is a misperception. It is to offer an opportunity through different types of mechanisms to have a dialogue," Pandith told the State Department press corps at her maiden press conference in this position.
Earlier, Pandith was occupying a State Department position to build ties with Muslims in Europe. Impressed by her performance, Clinton appointed her Special Representatives to Muslim world - a new position carved out in the State Department, which diplomats say is a historic position.
"The opportunity to engage in dialogue means that you are opening up an opportunity for conversation on a wide range of issues, and that may be one of the issues," she said.
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