WASHINGTON (PTI): The United States is ready to give a special role to India in its "Asia-Pacific rebalance" strategy and is "flexible" to adapt itself to meet the Indian defence needs, a former US government official has said.
The official, who played a key role in India-US defence ties in past few years, hoped the Narendra Modi-led Indian Government with a decisive mandate would clear the high-tech projects that the two countries can co-produce for their respective armed forces.
He said the Obama Administration is ready to go that extra mile to help India realise its ambition of being self-reliant in defence research, development and production.
About 10 months ago, the then Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter had submitted to the then UPA government a comprehensive list of defence systems, which the US was ready to co-develop and co-produce with India.
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