India and the US will jointly face the Chinese threats in the Indo-Pacific as well as in the Indian subcontinent. The two countries at the end of talks inked four important agreements including the long-delayed Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA). Besides exploring new areas of beneficial cooperation the two sides agreed on enhanced maritime information sharing and maritime domain awareness between the navies. Also to build upon existing defence information-sharing at the joint-service and service-to-service levels and explore potential new areas of mutually beneficial cooperation. Read More…