Indo-US defense ties on its own |
The defence relationship between India and US "stands on its own" and the impact of this association from a strategic point of view besidesothers is to "increase peace, stability and prosperity. US ambassador to India Richard Verma said in Chennai . His response came to a scribe`s question on Pakistan national security adviser Sartaj Aziz`s reported remarks that US-India strategic collaboration should not increase so much that it should become a "threat" to the integrity of the region. He recalled what US Vice-President (Joe) Biden said a few years ago that if the US and India are the closest friends and partners, the world will be a safer place. The ambassador witnessed the naval exercises `Malabar 2015` between India, US and Japan, called the three navies "joint partners" that were "committed to the peaceful resolutions of disputes, committed to the rule of law and civilian control of the military.
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