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NEW DELHI — With a dash of the requisite South Asian pomp and a heap of expectations for the future, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter met on Wednesday with senior Indian officials to inch forward with military ties to a country that the United States sees as a crucial future partner in Asia.
Neither side made any big announcements during the visit. The trip mainly involved making progress on initiatives that were first worked out when President Obama visited India in January. Mr. Carter is scheduled to sign a defense framework agreement — basically, an outline for how the countries can work together — and finalize details of two small research projects that the American and Indian militaries will conduct together.
In both cases, American officials say, the point is to get Washington and New Delhi, which spent much of the Cold War at a wary distance, accustomed to working with each other. Progress has been slow so far, and the relationship is still very much in the courting stage, despite years of talk from the Bush and Obama administrations about India’s importance.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/w...ry-visits-india-build-military-ties.html?_r=0
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NEW DELHI — With a dash of the requisite South Asian pomp and a heap of expectations for the future, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter met on Wednesday with senior Indian officials to inch forward with military ties to a country that the United States sees as a crucial future partner in Asia.
Neither side made any big announcements during the visit. The trip mainly involved making progress on initiatives that were first worked out when President Obama visited India in January. Mr. Carter is scheduled to sign a defense framework agreement — basically, an outline for how the countries can work together — and finalize details of two small research projects that the American and Indian militaries will conduct together.
In both cases, American officials say, the point is to get Washington and New Delhi, which spent much of the Cold War at a wary distance, accustomed to working with each other. Progress has been slow so far, and the relationship is still very much in the courting stage, despite years of talk from the Bush and Obama administrations about India’s importance.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/w...ry-visits-india-build-military-ties.html?_r=0