US Senators urge Pentagon for closer defence ties with India

WASHINGTON (PTI): Top American Senators have asked Pentagon to develop a closer defence relationship with India, while emphasising that it is in the interest of both the US and India to continue building a strategic and military culture of cooperation between the two countries.

Ahead of the India visit of Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton B Carter, Senators John Cornyn and Mark Warner, asked the top Pentagon official in a letter that they believe it is time to consider the potential for a US partnership with India to co-develop or co-produce military weapon systems.

Cornyn and Warner are the co-chairs of the Senate India Caucus. With 38 Senators, the Senate India Caucus is the largest country-specific caucuses in the United States Senate.

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