india and the united states have concluded their defense cooperation meet the two countries agreed on utilizing the existing accords to their full potential let's tell you about the main defense cooperations the basic exchange and cooperation agreement was signed in the last days of the trump administration last november in a two plus two ministerial dialogue that uh the agreement was sealed and this will give india access to america's real-time geospatial intelligence now this could enhance the accuracy of automated weapons like missiles and armed drones just like we use gps on our phones for best and fastest route this cooperation between india
The us could help the indian army with a high quality gps this agreement could also turn critical to natural disasters response the communications compatibility and security agreement was signed in september of 2018. the pact allows the u.s to provide india with an encrypted communications equipment our military commanders of both nations can communicate through secure networks during times of both peace and war according to this agreement india could potentially communicate securely with other militaries that use u.s origin systems the first defense agreement signed between the two nations was in 2016 the logistics exchange memorandum of agreement it allows militaries of the u.s and india to access each other's bases supplies to spare parts and inland facilities air bases and ports could be mutually shared this agreement is extremely useful for india u.s navy to navy cooperation since
The two countries are cooperating closely in the indo-pacific it took almost a decade to negotiate lamoa our principal diplomatic correspondent sudan sibel joins us for more on this good evening tucson now the two countries agreed on utilizing the existing accords to their full potential the agreements are wide-ranging and incorr incorporative and they include communication and sharing of resources take us through the significance of these agreements for the two countries well a lot of significance given the fact that the us defense secretary is here
In india we know uh that this is his uh maiden visit as a defense secretary uh to asia he has been to japan south korea and now he's here in delhi and uh the three three-day visit saw meeting in prime minister with the uh indian uh external affairs minister with the defense but this child keep focus of course was the wider indo-pacific uh region the things which have been happening including the fact that we stand up with china was one of the key factors as well that was discussed during uh the meeting of the indian defense minister and the defense secretary uh later on we saw afghanistan being the key focus uh with the meeting at ext with the external affairs minister so primarily it is all about optics um the optics of this visit which is not only visible here in new delhi but also visible in various global capitals including beijing president stay with me while we take a look at another element of austin's india visit u.s defense secretary lloyd austin
The external affairs minister of india sj shankar held a meeting now sources have told we on worlds one that the meeting lasted for an hour and that the discussions marginally focused on the strategic situation in the indo-pacific region orson also briefed joshua about his recent visits in asia and sources also told us that the two leaders emphasized that a strong relationship between the us and india was only important not just for the two countries but also for the rest of the world apart from the indo-pacific the peace process in afghanistan was discussed during this meeting and according to sources shazhanka appreciated
The biden administration's engagement with india on the afghanistan issue as well back to you discussions between jaishan khan austin did focus on the strategic situation in as you've just mentioned the indo-pacific region and also the importance of cooperation for india and the us and its importance to the rest of the world and this certainly highlights the key role that india plays in this region well of course india plays a crucial role in the region and uh the indo-pacific vision is at the heart of uh the entire conversations which are happening between washington and today we're talking about this particular meeting between the external affairs minister and the defense secretary afghanistan was a key issue and this is for the first time that there had been an in-person meeting over top a u.s official and an indian minister on afghanistan we know that recently uh the americans gave a proposal to the afghan government talking about
A sixth country a foreign minister's conversation for peace and stability in afghanistan uh this is something that involves india as well and of course india has played an important role in afghanistan whether it's capacity building but it's infrastructure development in fact just a few weeks ago we saw the indian prime minister narendra modi and afghan president jointly inaugurating uh the entire process of development of the shah tooth dam at the kabul river that will provide clean water to the people or for the capital city of afghanistan then of course mega infrastructure projects like the afghan parliament building the india afghanistan friendship dam in the western province of herat so there are a number of key projects india has been involved in afghanistan and the focus is to make sure that stability remains in afghanistan and india's policy has been an afghan owned afghan-led peace process and this is something that was reiterated today as well during the conversation between the two sides sudan thank you very much for joining us
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