State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said the US recognises that it cannot address the global challenges alone and needs partnership with countries like India to tackle them.
During the 2+2 summit, India and US signed a a Letter of Intent that provides for exchange of scientists and data for research to find complementary and alternative medicines for cancer.
Chinese foreign ministry sharply criticised the US' Indo-Pacific concept, saying the strategy proposed is preaching outdated Cold War mentality, confrontation and geopolitical game.
The biggest takeaway from the talks was the signing of BECA, a key defence pact that will enable India to avail of US expertise on geospatial intelligence.
India feels strongly about milk products on worries that imports could destroy livelihood of millions of farmers, most of who are small & lack economy of scale.
Inaugurating the 2+2 talks with US Tuesday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also said ‘security a greater salience in India-US foreign policy’ as both sides signed the BECA deal.
Issues concerning H-1B visa were also discussed at Jaishankar’s meeting with Mike Pompeo. India and US will be signing a key defence pact, BECA, at the third round of 2+2 talks Tuesday.
BECA will allow India and US to share geospatial information, enable interoperability of forces and is a key step for India when it comes to acquiring armed drones.
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.
Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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