US-India defense ties, Pentagon eyes continued progress in military collaboration for 2024!?
Reportedly the united states has made great progress in bolstering its defence ties with india and the Pentagon is looking forward to making further progress in military-to-military ties in 2024, a senior American official has said. “In terms of the relationship between the US and india, you know, with obvious focus on the Department of Defence, I think it has been a very good year. I think we’ve made great progress in terms of further bolstering our relationship and cooperation,” Pentagon press Secretary Pat Ryder told reporters during a press conference here.“You’ve heard us talk about things like INDUS-X and working on defence cooperation efforts to include in the industrial base as far as developing things like jet engines in india, working collaboratively to produce armoured vehicles in india, the ability of our ships to go to india our Navy ships to go to india to be repaired,” he said in response to a question on Tuesday.
During the fifth annual 2+2 ministerial dialogue held in New delhi last month, both india and the US reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen the multidata-faceted defence partnership through wide-ranging dialogues and military exercises of increasing complexity. They reaffirmed the june 2023 Roadmap for India-U.S. Defence Industrial Cooperation and as a catalyst for strengthening India’s capabilities, enhancing its indigenous defence production, facilitating technology-sharing, and promoting supply chain resilience. In the joint statement, the two nations also commended the breadth of partnerships under the India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) since the initiative was launched in june 2023.