Want to be India's 'premier partner' in its extraordinary growth story: US
- IBEF
- February 10, 2023
The Pentagon Secretary, Mr. Brig Gen Patrick Ryder has said that the high level of participation from across the US government, US industry, and the universities is unprecedented, and sends a strong signal that the US wants not only to be India's security partner of the first resort but to be the premier partner in India's extraordinary growth story.
He further stated that the Department of Defence is excited to work with other US agencies and partners as part of the White House-led United States India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET).
The US is looking forward to sharing more information on defence cooperation with India as the new initiatives develop moving forward. These initiatives will accelerate a shift from defence sales to defence joint production and development and promote integration between US and Indian defence firms, he said.
Under the iCET, the two countries have identified six areas of cooperation which would include co-development and co-production, that would gradually be expanded to Quad, then to NATO, followed by Europe and the rest of the world.
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