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US Defence Secretary Arrives on a Two Day Visit
New Delhi, February 27, 2008
The US Secretary of Defence, Dr. Robert Gates arrived in
New Delhi this afternoon on a two day visit to India. Dr.
Gates is making his first visit to India since assuming office
on 18th December, 2006. Secretary Gates’ visit takes place in
the last of the eight year Bush Presidency that witnessed
unprecedented acceleration in India-US engagement and
qualitative transformation in the relationship, in particular
in Defence.
India and US have a strong framework of defence cooperation
established by the 2005 Defence Framework Agreement and a
comprehensive institutional framework of exchanges.
Secretary Gates’ visit will give a further impetus to the
ongoing defence cooperation between our two countries. During
his stay, Secretary Gates will be meeting the External Affairs
Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Defence Minister A K Antony,
the National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and the leader of
the Opposition L K Advani. His visit to India reaffirms the
importance of the Indo-US relations and the strong political
support in the US for our strategic partnership. India also
reiterates its interest in looking forward to broad-based
defence ties with the USA.
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