US urged to build trust in Asia-Pacific

BEIJING - As the United States is making an "unprecedented" effort to build a strong network of relationships in the Asia-Pacific region, analysts reminded Washington to choose a proper way to play a constructive role in regional stability and prosperity.

According to Xinhua News Agency, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Congress to support the Obama administration's investment in Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific to sustain the US' "leadership in the world" despite budgetary constraints.

Clinton touted the Obama administration's foreign policy priorities, including pursuing so-called forward-deployed diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific, when testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing on Tuesday on the fiscal year 2013 international affairs budget of $51.6 billion, said Xinhua.