Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who’s on a four-day go to to the USA, met US Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday and mentioned ongoing defence industrial collaboration initiatives between the 2 nations and potential areas the place their industries may work collectively.
Within the assembly that came about on the White Home in Washington DC, in addition they mentioned the evolving geopolitical scenario and different key regional safety points.
The assembly was held after Singh met his US counterpart Lloyd Austin within the Pentagon.
As per a Defence Ministry assertion issued after the assembly, Singh highlighted co-development and co-production alternatives in India in areas recognized within the India-US Defence Industrial Cooperation Roadmap adopted final 12 months.
Subsequently, one other assertion launched by the Pentagon mentioned Singh and Austin mentioned ongoing efforts to deepen the “Main Protection Partnership” between the USA and India in help of a free and open Indo-Pacific area.
“They agreed to advance precedence co-production initiatives, together with jet engines, unmanned platforms, munitions, and floor mobility methods, underneath the US-India Roadmap for Protection Industrial Cooperation,” it acknowledged, including that there have been additional superior discussions to increase cooperation within the undersea and house domains.
India and US on Thursday had signed two key defence pacts – a non-binding Safety of Provide Association (SOSA) and a Memorandum of Settlement relating to Task of Liaison Officers— that had been welcomed by Singh and Austin throughout their bilateral assembly.
The US Division of Defence has been engaged on negotiating and concluding a brand new Reciprocal Defence Procurement (RDP) Settlement with India.
A press release by the defence ministry launched on Saturday acknowledged that the defence minister additionally interacted with the senior leaders of the US defence trade at a round-table organised by US India Strategic Partnership Discussion board in Washington DC. The round-table was attended by a number of US defence and expertise corporations.
As per the assertion, Singh highlighted that India welcomes US funding and expertise collaboration, and is prepared with a talented human useful resource base, strong pro-Overseas Direct Funding and pro-business ecosystem, and enormous home market.
“India appears to be like ahead to intently working with the US throughout the domains of defence for functionality constructing and for an abiding expertise and industrial partnership which might deal with rising challenges,” he added.
The defence minister additionally briefly met a delegation from the US-India Enterprise Council.
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