India-US military
relationship is the
"closest it has
been ever" and
the two countries
are exercising
together by air, land and sea for the
first time, America's
defence secretary Ashton Carter has
said.
He underlined that the two great
democracies have done a strategic
and technological "handshake".
"America's regional partnerships are
growing in number and strength.
The US-India military relationship is
the closest it's ever been. Great
nation, large democracy," Carter in
his remarks aboard the USS Carl
Vinson in San Diego on Thursday.
"Through our strategic handshake
with America's reaching west in our
re-balance and India reaching east
in what Prime Minister (Narendra)
Modi calls his Act East Policy, our two
nations are exercising together by
air, land, and sea."
Never did that before, he noted.
"There is also a technological
handshake between the United
States and India. The US-India
Defence Technology and Trade
Initiative grasps hands with Prime
Minister Modi's Make in India
campaign, helping our countries
move toward more diverse defence
co-development and co-production of weapons systems," Carter said.
Noting that Asia-Pacific is the most consequential region for America's future, he said the US is managing "historic change" in the area.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/-US...r-says-Ashton-Carter/articleshow/54599967.cms
relationship is the
"closest it has
been ever" and
the two countries
are exercising
together by air, land and sea for the
first time, America's
defence secretary Ashton Carter has
said.
He underlined that the two great
democracies have done a strategic
and technological "handshake".
"America's regional partnerships are
growing in number and strength.
The US-India military relationship is
the closest it's ever been. Great
nation, large democracy," Carter in
his remarks aboard the USS Carl
Vinson in San Diego on Thursday.
"Through our strategic handshake
with America's reaching west in our
re-balance and India reaching east
in what Prime Minister (Narendra)
Modi calls his Act East Policy, our two
nations are exercising together by
air, land, and sea."
Never did that before, he noted.
"There is also a technological
handshake between the United
States and India. The US-India
Defence Technology and Trade
Initiative grasps hands with Prime
Minister Modi's Make in India
campaign, helping our countries
move toward more diverse defence
co-development and co-production of weapons systems," Carter said.
Noting that Asia-Pacific is the most consequential region for America's future, he said the US is managing "historic change" in the area.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/-US...r-says-Ashton-Carter/articleshow/54599967.cms