Days after US President Donald Trump’s statements about mediating between New Delhi and Islamabad, India will play the Pakistan card at the much-delayed Defence Policy Group (DPG) meeting beginning Thursday in Washington, DC. At the secretary-level talks, India is expected to point out that the United States is very forthcoming on cooperation with the US …
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India-Russia deal for S-400 missile didn’t figure in Modi-Trump talks
India Friday said its decision to purchase S-400 missile defence system from Russia did not figure during the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump though they discussed ways to step up the bilateral military cooperation. The S-400 is understood as Russia’s most advanced long-range guided missile munition. China was the …
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vows cooperation with India but trade, defence issues unresolved
NEW DELHI: America Secretary of State Pompeo sought-after to scale back heightened trade tension with Bharat on weekday, promising a revived specialize in negotiating higher ties, however giving few specifics of however they’d overcome their disputes over trade and investment. Pompeo’s Bharat visit comes because the 2 countries grapple with problems starting from access to …
Indian Navy provides armed escorts to oil carriers passing through Gulf of Hormuz
The Indian Navy helps secure Indian crude carriers that have the Strait of Hormuz amid a heightened threat perception once a number of oil tankers were attacked within the region. Five carriers were provided armed escorts on weekday with Indian Navy groups mounting the carriers to confirm a secure passage as half Operation Sankalp. Sources …
India can’t wish away defence ties with Russia, say sources ahead of Jaishankar-Pompeo talks
Ahead of strategically-important India-US talks, diplomatic sources on Tuesday said India meets the US waiver criteria for procuring the S-400 missile defence system from sanctions-hit Moscow, and asserted that New Delhi cannot “wish away” its defence ties with Moscow. Besides India’s missile defence systems deal with Russia, terrorism, H1B visas, trade and the situation arising …