NEW DELHI (Bloomberg): US President Donald Trump met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi Tuesday (Feb 25), amid growing tensions between rival protesters in the capital and with a host of critical issues from defence to regional security on the agenda.
Now that the US-India trade agreement looks likely to be pushed until after the US election, news of a US$3 billion military deal has boosted hopes the visit will result in real progress on defence ties.
"I would look out for specific comments on the Indo-Pacific. Also what language the statement uses on trade, ” said Tanvi Madan, a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy programme, and director of The India Project at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.Last week, India’s cabinet cleared $2.6 billion purchase from Lockheed Martin Corp of 24 multi-role MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters to Indian navy.
"That has been a pillar underlying a lot of the strategic and defence cooperation that’s grown so well over the course of the last recent years.” "Has the afterglow of the Motera Stadium lasted even to the next day?” The American leader was welcomed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Monday by large crowds lining the streets and extravagant displays of local dance and music.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters and imposed curfew-like restrictions across the area, with demonstrators both for and against the law throwing stones and setting vehicles and shops on fire, television footages showed.
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