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POMPEO at India-U.S. 2+2: "Our common values of democracy, freedom, respect for the rule of law are a great foundation for our expanding partnership. They are the basis for my hope for a new age of ambition between our two democracies."
POMPEO at India-U.S. 2+2: "Our common values of democracy, freedom, respect for the rule of law are a great foundation for our expanding partnership. They are the basis for my hope for a new age of ambition between our two democracies."
"We secured new agreements on space exploration and defense industrial collaboration. We agreed to establish a new exchange program for legislators from our two countries. We launched new initiatives to help secure internships for innovators in each of our two countries."
"And we’re excited to support India’s Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure...Ambassador Lighthizer is working hard with his Indian counterpart on a fair and reciprocal trade deal, and we’re growing our counterterrorism cooperation as well."
"And over the last 24 months, U.S. crude and LNG exports to India have increased by more than $6 billion...earlier this year too, India joined up with its first ever Group Sail. It told the region when we did that of our unwavering commitment to freedom of navigation together."
"The future of Afghanistan matters to each of our two nations. We’re working together toward a more secure, prosperous, peaceful future for the Afghan people, and we appreciate India’s contributions in Afghanistan and intend to continue consulting closely on that matter."
"And on China, we discussed the risks that Chinese-built communication networks, including 5G, pose to our treasured freedoms and how China’s unfair and predatory economic activity in the Indo-Pacific presents a risk to those very freedoms."
ESPER: "We launched a new annual exercise called Tiger Triumph, which will enhance tri-service coordination and allow us to exchange knowledge and expertise. Our forces successfully completed the first exercise...last month, and we look forward to the next one in 2020."
"we are proud to conclude the Industrial Security Annex, which will facilitate collaboration between our defense industries by supporting the secure transfer of key information and technology. We also finalized three agreements under the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative"
R. SINGH: "We held discussions on a range of bilateral and global issues, and it was heartening to note that as the world’s largest democracies we have convergence on views on most of them. The cooperation will be critical to the security and management of the global commons."
"include setting up the hotline between me and the U.S. Secretary of Defense, carrying out the first tri-service exercise, setting up a link between the NHQ and USINDOPACOM, posting an ELO at NAVCENT in Bahrain, enabling most of our US-origin platforms with secure communication"
"...capability, and conducting a defense policy group dialogue after a prolonged gap of almost four years...Both India and the U.S. have the vision of a free, seamless, and peaceful Indo-Pacific, and we feel that this provides an opportunity for India to work with the U.S."
"Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative[announced at EAS]is the next step to enunciation of our Indo-Pacific vision and creates an open platform where India and the US can come together and work on the areas of their choice, reflecting our fundamental vision for an open and inclusive IP"
"we shared our assessments of the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Indian Ocean region in general. We conveyed that the extreme rhetoric and belligerent statements and incitements to anti-India violence by Pakistani leaders is not conducive to peace."
"We expressed our interest to expand the scope of MCG by participation of senior officers from CENTCOM, AFRICOM and Joint Staff from the US...our geographical area of interest for our security is covered by CENTCOM and AFRICOM and MCG is led by our joint services headquarter IDS"
"We also evinced our interest in greater army-to-army cooperation and identified areas to deepen our engagement in this regard. This includes increasing the force level in Exercise Yudh Abhyas, expert exchanges, et cetera."
"Our maritime domain awareness cooperation has been extremely useful. We have sent an invitation to the United States to nominate a liaison officer for the international fusion center in India"
"We have been holding the CCCB meetings [to operationalize COMCASA] and taking necessary steps to open the COMSEC account. This will be discussed in the MCG format, including our agreement to explore cooperation in the fields of defense-space and defense-cyber and special forces"
"On the defense industry side, I spelled out my priorities to take this partnership beyond the acquisition of platforms and equipment to significant transfer of defense technology and increased investment by U.S. defense companies in India under the “Make in India” program."
JAISHANKAR:"in recent months we have seen 5 ministerial-level visits between the two sides apart from institutionalized dialogues and parliamentary exchanges, which demonstrate the intensity of the engagement. But our discussions today,I believe,will take those to a higher level"
"[discussed]Indo-Pacific,including ways to leverage our respective strengths to benefit not just our two countries but the entire region. Our cooperation is aimed at advancing a free,open,inclusive,peaceful,and prosperous Indo-Pacific based on the recognition of ASEAN centrality"
"We are delighted to welcome the United States as a founding member of the Coalition for Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure, which will enhance its effectiveness in the region’s preparedness against national disasters."
"I appreciate very much the sentiments, appreciate – expressed by Secretary Pompeo on the 11th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attack. We discussed ways to address these challenges, including by working closely together at the FATF."
"We also took note of exchanges between our judicial academies for appreciation of challenges and evolving practices in adjudicating counterterrorism cases, and agreed to further facilitate such exchanges in the areas of criminal jurisprudence."
"We had a brief discussion on trade...our bilateral trade has registered double-digit growth of late. We have noted very good progress. There are ongoing negotiations on the subject of trade, and I’m very confident that we’ll find a balanced outcome that satisfies both sides."
"We exchange views on various global and regional issues of mutual interest, including our partnership in multilateral fora. I’m very grateful to Secretary Pompeo for reiterating the U.S. Government support of the Chabahar project, which will immensely benefit Afghanistan."
