US to change export control policy on India
PTI
PTI, Singapore: The US is working very hard on changing its outdated export control policy on India as the two strategic partners seek to continue working together on a large number of projects, including in the military sector, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said yesterday.
The United States is working very hard on changing Indias status in the US export system which is also somewhat outdated, he said in response to a question on what was expected from Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to the US next week.
He said he along with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar would identify new ways to co-operate in defence sector in advance of Modis visit.
The US and India are committed, as part of our growing security coverage, to co-development and co-production of military capabilities, Carter said at the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue here.
That is something we have not had since the birth of the modern Indian state, and we had two systems which grew up apart and we are trying to bring them together that would be very productive thing to do, he said.
We have a large number of projects we are working on together which will be developed and launched in coming months elaborated Carter, adding that he had recently visited Indias aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
Our laboratories are working together on a joint research and development projects technology, military equipment. There are many many things we are doing together, he said.
Carter expects the Make in India policy and US technology policies to come together in the same way that the Americas rebalance and Indias Act East policy have come together.
