Washington: The growing defense trade between India and the US is one of the major success stories of bilateral relations, US President Joe BidenThe nominee for the next envoy in New Delhi has told the MPs.
Eric Michael failureThe 50-year-old currently serves as the mayor of Los Angeles and is Biden’s personal confidant.
Garcetti said during his confirmation hearing as the US ambassador to India that he fully supports the implementation of the law of the land, CAATSA, and part of it is the exemption provision.
He was responding to a question on the imposition of CAATSA sanctions on India now that New Delhi has started receiving deliveries of S-400 missile systems from Russia.
I do not wish to speculate in advance about the Secretary’s decision regarding sanctions or exemptions. And I want to tell the president, ranking member (and) all members (of Senate Foreign Relations Committee) I fully support the law of the land, here the implementation of CAATSA as a law and part of it is the provision of exemptions,” Garcetti said.
The Los Angeles mayor said, if ratified, he would advocate for continued diversification of India’s weapons system, which is a threat to America’s own weapons systems.
“If that diversification doesn’t happen because we have to protect our data and our systems,” he said, adding that he would work towards developing India. major defense partnership, “I think it’s one of the great success stories in the last few decades of zero to 20 billion USD in purchases, the intelligence we have, the interoperability, the exercises, the maritime work that we’re doing,” he said. said. ,
India is the only designated major defense partner of the United States.
After concluding four major defense enabling agreements since 2016, the United States and India have made significant progress as major defense partners and the US in information sharing, bilateral and multilateral exercises, maritime security cooperation, liaison officer exchanges and logistics. Look forward to further expanding cooperation.
Responding to questions related to human rights in India, Garcetti assured lawmakers that he would personally speak to various stakeholders in India on the issue.
“I will not only bring it up, but it will end up being nothing as an obligation. That will be the highlight of what I am confirming with my Indian counterparts,” he said.
“There is no doubt that the US-India relationship should be based on our shared commitment to democracy, human rights and civil society. If confirmed, I will actively raise these issues. I will humbly raise them,” he said. It is a two-way street on these, but I intend to directly engage with civil society,” he said.
“There are groups that are actively fighting for the human rights of the people on the ground in India that will get direct links from me. We know democracies are complex and we can see ourselves and India, but it is a cornerstone of our shared values,” Garcetti said.
Eric Michael failureThe 50-year-old currently serves as the mayor of Los Angeles and is Biden’s personal confidant.
Garcetti said during his confirmation hearing as the US ambassador to India that he fully supports the implementation of the law of the land, CAATSA, and part of it is the exemption provision.
He was responding to a question on the imposition of CAATSA sanctions on India now that New Delhi has started receiving deliveries of S-400 missile systems from Russia.
I do not wish to speculate in advance about the Secretary’s decision regarding sanctions or exemptions. And I want to tell the president, ranking member (and) all members (of Senate Foreign Relations Committee) I fully support the law of the land, here the implementation of CAATSA as a law and part of it is the provision of exemptions,” Garcetti said.
The Los Angeles mayor said, if ratified, he would advocate for continued diversification of India’s weapons system, which is a threat to America’s own weapons systems.
“If that diversification doesn’t happen because we have to protect our data and our systems,” he said, adding that he would work towards developing India. major defense partnership, “I think it’s one of the great success stories in the last few decades of zero to 20 billion USD in purchases, the intelligence we have, the interoperability, the exercises, the maritime work that we’re doing,” he said. said. ,
India is the only designated major defense partner of the United States.
After concluding four major defense enabling agreements since 2016, the United States and India have made significant progress as major defense partners and the US in information sharing, bilateral and multilateral exercises, maritime security cooperation, liaison officer exchanges and logistics. Look forward to further expanding cooperation.
Responding to questions related to human rights in India, Garcetti assured lawmakers that he would personally speak to various stakeholders in India on the issue.
“I will not only bring it up, but it will end up being nothing as an obligation. That will be the highlight of what I am confirming with my Indian counterparts,” he said.
“There is no doubt that the US-India relationship should be based on our shared commitment to democracy, human rights and civil society. If confirmed, I will actively raise these issues. I will humbly raise them,” he said. It is a two-way street on these, but I intend to directly engage with civil society,” he said.
“There are groups that are actively fighting for the human rights of the people on the ground in India that will get direct links from me. We know democracies are complex and we can see ourselves and India, but it is a cornerstone of our shared values,” Garcetti said.
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