Bengaluru, Feb 2 (PTI) The United States’ defence ties and cooperation with India will continue to deepen underPresident Joe Biden-led administration, a top ranking US official said on Tuesday, citing common interests.”….the declaration of India as a major defencepartner of United States was huge milestone, that was done under the previous administration and we want to continue to deepen our cooperation,” US Air Force Deputy Undersecretary,International Affairs, Kelli L Seybolt told reporters here.Responding to a question about possible “changes” in defence ties with the new administration taking over in the US, she said her expectation is that the deepening of cooperation will only continue because “there is so much common interests in doing so, as we all look for secure andfree Indo-Pacific”.
“So our expectation is that things will continue to grow in our defence ties and relationship, and we’ll work closer together….the good demonstration of that is- the Secretary of Defence Austin’s (Lloyd J Austin III) first call was to his counterpart in India (Defence Minister RajnathSingh).Read more…
