The Obama administration has described India and China as very important global players and said it is engaged in intensive dialogue with the two countries. State Department Deputy Spokesman, Robert Wood, said at a news briefing in Washington that both India and China are two rising powers and very important players on the global scene. The statement came in the wake of New Delhi's unease over the reference to<br/>Indo-Pak ties in a recent Sino-US joint statement in Beijing. In reply to another question, the Deputy Spokesman refrained from making any comment on India getting a place in the UN Security Council, where China along with the US, Britain, France and Russia is a permanent member.<br/>Mr Wood said the US does have its concerns with China, which it has raised with the Chinese authorities. The US and China have often differed on the issue of human rights and Washington has been raising it with the Chinese authorities along with its other concerns.<br/><br/>–<br/>