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US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter to arrive on a two-day visit to India today


Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, June 02, 2015: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter will arrive on a two-day visit to India on Tuesday.

AshtonCarter will arrive at Vishakapatnam first and hold talks with senior Navy officials there, before flying in to the national capital.

In Vishakapatnam, the US Defence Secretary will visit the indigenous Shivalik class stealth multi-role frigate, INS Sahyadri.

On Carter’s visit, India and US will sign new 10-year defence framework, which was decided during the visit of American President Barack Obama here in January.

American officials have said this indicates the significance Pentagon attaches to India’s modernisation of its navy, as per PTI.

In New Delhi, in addition to holding talks with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar, Carter would also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

US looking to complement India’s ’Act East’ policy: Carter

Carter had last week said that the US was looking for new ways to complement India’s ’Act East’ policy and find meaningful areas of cooperation in the Asia Pacific.

Addressing Shangri-La Dialogue plenary session delegates in Singapore on May 30, Carter had said that he would be looking for ways to enhance maritime security to aircraft carrier and jet engine technology cooperation with India, as per ANI.

Carter had further said that trilateral exercise involving Japan, India and the United States were aimed at learning lessons on disaster responses, besides building on greater maritime security cooperation.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews


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