The West Asian crisis is brought up in the joint declaration from this year’s conversation, but India has steadfastly adhered to its stance of denouncing the terrorist assaults against Israel, demanding for the release of hostages, and providing relief to Palestinian citizens. The two parties talked about how the India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), which was unveiled at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, would be affected by the current escalation of hostilities. The section of the statement that addressed Ukraine was similar to the G20 statement in that it conveyed concern about the situation there without specifically mentioning or denouncing Russia.
Source: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India
It was surprising that the statement made no mention of China or Pakistan. The US and India’s strong commitment to safeguarding a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific through mechanisms like the Quad was mentioned in passing with a subtle reference to China, indicating that both nations are closely monitoring events in the maritime area surrounding China. On the other hand, it appears that little progress has been made about one of the problems affecting India-US relations recentlyu2014the diplomatic dispute between India and Canada. The United States has remained steadfast in its recommendation that India collaborate with Canada in its inquiry.
The dialogue’s primary focus was defense cooperation, which has grown to be the cornerstone of the two countries’ relationship. Since 2008, India has purchased weapons from the US for more than $20 billion, placing the US among the top three providers of defense equipment to India. India and the US currently engage in the most military drills. The defense connection has evolved over the past few years from a simple buyer-seller arrangement to one in which weaponry systems are co-produced and co-developed. The plan is for the two countries to work together on defense industrial cooperation in order to establish an Indian defense industrial base and turn it into a global defense center. New Delhi and Washington stated at this year’s discussion that they will be producing an infantry combat vehicle together.
Source: CNA
The establishment of a sub-working group to concentrate on Space Commerce under the India-US Civil Space Joint Working Group, which is led by NASA and ISRO, and the addition of Planetary Defense as a topic, along with involvement in the human space flight program for the International Space Station, are intriguing announcements in the field of space cooperation.
Regarding semiconductors, the two parties talked about working together to develop skills and capability. Under the India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (CET), US businesses have already made some significant investments in India’s semiconductor ecosystem. In the joint declaration, the two states reaffirm their commitment to friend-shoring and to creating diverse, secure, and responsible global critical mineral supply chains by mentioning the Mineral Security Partnership Principals’ Meeting.Despite having different perspectives on certain matters, the US and India are beginning to establish habits of cooperation, as evidenced by their most recent 2+2 meeting. It demonstrates how committed Washington and New Delhi are to fortifying their partnership and how the two countries are gradually coming to a place where they can tolerate disagreement on a wide range of topics while keeping an eye on the main objective of controlling China’s ascent.
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