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Flournoy, during her visit here, had met Antony, National
Security Adviser Shivsankar Menon and Defence Secretary
Pradeep Kumar.
She said the two sides had focused on expanding the
cooperation in the field of maritime security such as
anti-piracy, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief,
apart from enhancing defence trade, training and exercises.
They also discussed the US visit of Antony next month on
an invitation from his counterpart Robert Gates, the visit of
President Barack Obama in November and Defence Planning Group
meeting this winter, when the two sides would look at firming
up the already growing defence relations.
Flournoy, to a query on the difficulties in India and US
signing pending agreements such as the Logistics Support and
Communication Interoperability Security, said she had
discussed these with Indian officials, adding that these deals
were aimed at enabling supply of latest, advanced technology.
"What these agreements enable is the supply of advanced,
latest technology to India. Unless these agreements are in
place, what India would get is technology that is less
advanced by nature," she said.
The US Under Secretary of State, who advises Gates on
defence policy, however, said signing of these agreements was
clearly India's choice and expressed hope that India would
take a decision on signing them before Obama's visit. PTI NCB
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