[Show all top banners]

sajhabahadur
Replies to this thread:

More by sajhabahadur
What people are reading
Subscribers
:: Subscribe
Back to: Kurakani General Refresh page to view new replies
 US-India relation is eyeing to sale weapon to Southeast Asian countries including Nepal
[VIEWED 5065 TIMES]
SAVE! for ease of future access.
Posted on 07-20-09 3:18 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

India, U.S. say agree nuclear sites, defence pact


Tue, Jul 21 01:03 AM

The United States and India said on Monday they had agreed on a defence pact that takes a major step towards allowing the sale of sophisticated U.S. arms to the South Asian nation as it modernises its military.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Delhi had also approved two sites for U.S. companies to build nuclear power plants, offering American companies the first fruits of last year's landmark U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation pact.

The announcements gave Clinton tangible accomplishments as she ended a trip to India designed to deepen ties and to demonstrate U.S. President Barack Obama's commitment to India's emergence as a player on the global stage.

"We will work not just to maintain our good relationship, but to broaden and deepen it," Clinton said at a joint news conference with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.

In a clear gesture of U.S. favour, Clinton said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had accepted an invitation to make a state visit to Washington on Nov. 24 in what would be the first such visit by a foreign leader under Obama.

A key element of Clinton's trip was the announcement that the two sides reached an "end-use monitoring" pact that she said would pave the way to broader defence cooperation.

Required by U.S. law for the sale of sophisticated weapons systems, the pact would let Washington check that India was using any arms for the purposes intended and was preventing the technology from leaking to others.

India is expected to spend more than $30 billion over the next five years on upgrading its largely Soviet-made arsenal, roughly a third of which will be a contract to buy 126 multi-role fighters.

That could prove a boon to U.S. companies like Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co.

The two companies are competing with Russia's MiG-35, France's Dassault Rafale, Sweden's Saab JAS-39 Gripen and the Eurofighter Typhoon, made by a consortium of British, German, Italian and Spanish firms.

SHOWING CONTINUITY

The defence pact, unveiled by Krishna and Clinton, was not formally signed because it takes the form of agreed language to be included in contracts for future defence sales, a U.S. official said.

While it is a step toward high-technology U.S. arms sales, at least one other must be concluded on communications and information security to permit such deals.

There is also one more hurdle to overcome before U.S. firms will bid to build nuclear reactors at the two sites approved by India -- liability protection. Clinton said she hoped the Indian government could secure this soon.

U.S. officials estimate the two nuclear sites represent up to $10 billion in business for U.S. nuclear reactor builders such as General Electric Co. and Westinghouse Electric Co, a subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp.

As part their efforts to strengthen ties, the two countries agreed to form a "strategic dialogue" led by Clinton and Krishna who will meet annually. They agreed to make it easier to launch sensitive U.S. technology on Indian rockets.

Analysts said both countries wanted to dispel any belief that the Obama administration might have neglected India in its early months as it focused on getting Pakistan's military to battle insurgents on its western border with Afghanistan.

"This is clearly a response from Washington to the perception in Delhi that the U.S. had forgotten India," said Siddharth Varadarajan, strategic affairs editor of The Hindu newspaper.

Clinton leaves New Delhi on Tuesday morning for Bangkok, where she was scheduled to meet Thai officials before traveling to Phuket for a regional conference.

(Additional reporting by Krittivas Mukherjee, Matthias Williams and Bappa Majumdar in New Delhi)
Arshad Mohammed and C. Bryson Hull
 
Posted on 07-20-09 6:47 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 


India and US, are already selling weapons to Nepal !!

 


Please Log in! to be able to reply! If you don't have a login, please register here.

YOU CAN ALSO



IN ORDER TO POST!




Within last 365 days
Recommended Popular Threads Controvertial Threads
Lets play Antakshari...........
शीर्षक जे पनि हुन सक्छ।
NRN card pros and cons?
What are your first memories of when Nepal Television Began?
TPS Re-registration
Democrats are so sure Trump will win
is Rato Bangala school cheating?
What Happened to Dual Citizenship Bill
Basnet or Basnyat ??
We live in precarious times
H1B fraud
nrn citizenship
इन्दिरा जोशीको चिन्ता लौच
Sajha has turned into MAGATs nest
Nas and The Bokas: Coming to a Night Club near you
श्राद्द
सेक्सी कविता - पार्ट २
डलराँ कमाएर ने .रु मा उडांउदा !@#
ChatSansar.com Naya Nepal Chat
Why always Miss Nepal winner is Newari??
Nas and The Bokas: Coming to a Night Club near you
राजदरबार हत्या काण्ड बारे....
Mr. Dipak Gyawali-ji Talk is Cheap. US sends $ 200 million to Nepal every year.
Harvard Nepali Students Association Blame Israel for hamas terrorist attacks
TPS Update : Jajarkot earthquake
is Rato Bangala school cheating?
NOTE: The opinions here represent the opinions of the individual posters, and not of Sajha.com. It is not possible for sajha.com to monitor all the postings, since sajha.com merely seeks to provide a cyber location for discussing ideas and concerns related to Nepal and the Nepalis. Please send an email to admin@sajha.com using a valid email address if you want any posting to be considered for deletion. Your request will be handled on a one to one basis. Sajha.com is a service please don't abuse it. - Thanks.

Sajha.com Privacy Policy

Like us in Facebook!

↑ Back to Top
free counters