Ajit DovalAmerica’s visit: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval along with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo attended a Track 1.5 event organized by the US-India Business Council in Washington on Tuesday, January 31. Meanwhile, a Round Table Conference was held. The official High Level Dialogue of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (ICET) was also held on the sidelines.
As per reports, the event was attended by industry leaders from both India and the US. Earlier on Monday, January 30, Doval was received by Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu upon his arrival in Washington.
Doval to hold official meeting with US NSC Sullivan today
The official meeting between Doval and American NSC Sullivan will take place at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. The meeting is expected to focus on aligning the strategic, commercial and scientific approaches of the two countries, especially in the field of technology.
An official familiar with the India-US deliberations told ANI, “iCET is the next major milestone in the India-US strategic partnership, which has a simple objective of taking bilateral cooperation to the next level, but specifically for India in the areas of interest to the
Indian delegation includes five high-profile members
The NSA is accompanied by a high-level delegation including the Principal Scientific Adviser of India, Chairman ISRO, Scientific Adviser to the Defense Minister, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications and Director General, DRDO.
In addition to Sullivan from the US side, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, NSC Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell, Senior Director for National Security and Technology Tarun Chhabra and State Department Deputy Envoy for the Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies Seth Kendra will be part of the center. Negotiations.
ICET was first mentioned in 2022
It is to be noted here that ICET was mentioned for the first time after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in Tokyo in 2022 on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders’ Summit.
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“Through ICET, India will send a message to the wider industry that India can be a ‘trusted partner’ and the two democracies can discuss how to build a trusted partner ecosystem between the US and India where R&D and Others should have a free flow. Especially information related to technology,” commented an official.
(With ANI inputs)