Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI — India and the US are poised to enter the next level of defense and strategic ties following an agreement in principle to share logistics.
The US has been pressing New Delhi to sign the agreement for the last 10 years. It was termed along with two other agreements as "foundation agreements."
"As our engagement deepens, we need to develop practical mechanisms to facilitate such exchanges," Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, according to an MoD release from Tuesday. "In this context, [US Defense] Secretary [Ash] Carter and I agreed in principle to conclude a Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement in the coming months."
MoD sources say the agreement Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) will be tailored for India and will not be a general Logistics Support Agreement (LSA).
The announcement that the two countries have reached consensus on logistics was made at a joint new conference during Carter's visit to India.
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