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27 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
In the first such contact after the Biden administration took over, defence minister
@rajnathsingh spoke to his US counterpart
@SecDef Lloyd Austin. They reiterated their firm commitment to deepen India-US defence cooperation, while exchanging views on regional & global issues
Austin, the first African American US secretary of defence, has made similar introductory telephone calls to his counterparts in UK, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Australia, among others, over the last few days.
India has inked four “foundational military pacts” with the US to consolidate the bilateral partnership, with the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation (BECA) being concluded last year.
India earlier inked the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with the US in 2002, which was followed by the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) in 2016, and then the Communications, Compatibility and Security Arrangement (COMCASA) in 2018
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-us…

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