UAE’s F-35 contracts expected to be signed before end of Trump administration January 8 An F-35A flies over the Utah Test and Training Range on April 22, 2019. (Tech. Sgt. John Winn/Air National Guard) WASHINGTON A contract for the sale of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to the United Arab Emirates is likely to be inked before the end of the Trump administration, according to a top U.S. State Department official. “Everything is on that trajectory” for a signed contract before Jan. 20, R. Clarke Cooper, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, told reporters on a Friday call. Members of Congress previously raised concerns that the deal is being rushed so it can be on contract before the Biden administration takes over. President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, told reporters in late October that the deal is “something we would look at very, very carefully.” But changing the deal becomes harder once a contract is
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Dr Tara Kartha, Former National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), penned an article criticising US Senator Mark Warner for claiming India is unwilling to confront Beijing. She suggested the US has failed to learn from the Cuban missile crisis during the Cold War in regards to how New Delhi and Beijing operate. Opening her article, Dr Kartha pointed to the deadly clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Ladakh earlier this year.
Russia to Continue Attempt to Be IORA Dialogue Partner, Depends on Support From India
Russia and Saudi Arabiaâs application was opposed by Australia, South Africa and Iran at the virtual Indian Ocean Rim Association meet last week.
Flags of the member countries at the IORA Secretariat in Mauritius. Photo: www.iora.int
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New Delhi: After its application could not garner consensus, Russia on Monday stated that it âdependedâ on India to obtain a dialogue partner status in the key regional body for maritime cooperation in the geo-political hotspot of Indian Ocean.
At the virtual Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) council of ministers meeting last week, the application for dialogue partners from Russia and Saudi Arabia did not find a consensus and was thus not approved. As
Despite progress in defence ties, deals in trade, sanctions, nuclear energy hang fire
With exactly a month left in U.S. President Donald Trump’s tenure, U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster begun a series of calls on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Petroleum, Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan and NITI Aayog chief Amitabh Kant, as well as “farewell discussions” with U.S.-India business chambers USIBC and USISPF.
The calls highlighted the achievements of the India-U.S. partnership in the last four years. While these include great strides in diplomatic, defence, commercial, energy and health areas, talks on waivers for possible sanctions, trade negotiations, and nuclear deals, are in the category of “unfinished business” between the the two countries.
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