There's a lot in the India-U.S. joint statement released today, and it's useful as a stocktaking exercise. But beyond the headlines, a few small but important items that captured developments over the past 12 months:
"The Ministers welcomed the establishment of a permanent presence of the U.S. International Development Finance Cooperation (DFC) in India this year."
"The Ministers welcomed the convening of the Military Cooperation Group (MCG) later this year to review bilateral military-to-military engagement including joint exercises, training and expert exchanges."
"[T]he Ministers welcomed the inaugural meeting between the Indian Defence Innovation Organization (DIO-iDEX) and U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in July 2020."
"[T]he Ministers welcomed the project Division of Responsibility principles between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) for the construction of six nuclear reactors at Kovvada."
"The Ministers welcomed the virtual convening of the 17th meeting of the U.S.-India Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and the 3rd Session of the U.S.-India Designations Dialogue on September 9-10, 2020."
"The Ministers also welcomed the recent convening of the annual U.S.-India Cyber Dialogue on September 15, 2020 and the first U.S.-India Defense Cyber Dialogue on September 17, 2020."
"They welcomed the announcement of new priorities and roadmap for each of the Pillars during the Ministerial meeting of the SEP held on July 17, 2020."
(The Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP) covers Oil & Gas, Power and Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Sustainable Growth)
(The Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP) covers Oil & Gas, Power and Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Sustainable Growth)
Full joint statement: state.gov/joint-statemen…
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