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Historic opportunity to deepen ties and solidify India-US relationship, says Pentagon Commander
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Last Updated: Mar 10, 2021, 04:46 PM IST
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The US and Indian navies are now securely sharing information, and India has substantially increased its acquisition of US defence equipment, Admiral Philips Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee here during a Congressional hearing.
USS Fort Worth docked at Chennai Port as a part of Excercise Malabar in 2015
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A top American commander on Tuesday told lawmakers that the current state of US-India relations presents a historic opportunity to deepen bilateral defence ties and solidify what he described as the ‘defining partnership of the 21st century .
US Provided Info, Equipment To India During China Border Crisis: Pentagon Commander US Provided Info, Equipment To India During China Border Crisis: Pentagon Commander China moved over 60,000 well-armed troops to contentious areas like Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh in May last year, leading to an over eight-month-long standoff.
India, China withdrew troops from Ladakh last month after lengthy rounds of talks (Representational)
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The US provided some information, cold-weather clothing and some other equipment to India during its recent border crisis with China, which has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region, a top Pentagon commander has told American lawmakers.
The US provided some information, cold-weather clothing and some other equipment to India during its recent border crisis with China, which has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region, a top Pentagon commander has told American lawmakers. Admiral Philips Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, also told the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that China s recent activities along the Line of Actual Control have opened India s eyes to what cooperative effort with others might mean for their own defensive needs as he observed that New Delhi, in the very near term, will deepen its engagement with the Quad.
Washington, March 10
The US provided some information, cold-weather clothing and some other equipment to India during its recent border crisis with China, which has adopted an increasingly assertive