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L to R: U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as well as Secretary of Defense Rajnath Singh and Secretary of State S Jaishankar (Photo: Reuters) NEW DELHI – India and the United States on Tuesday signed a basic exchange and cooperation agreement for geographic cooperation, a vast defense pact for the exchange of classified data. India and the U.S. governments have differing views on a wide range of regional issues, from India`s cordial relations with Iran and Russia to foreign policy differences in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Myanmar and Bangladesh. India and the United States have negotiated the terms of the agreement for more than a decade, according to a mod official. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the guest of honour at the first state dinner of U.S. President Barack Obama`s administration on November 24, 2009. Subsequently, Obama visited India from November 6-9, 2010 and signed numerous trade and defense agreements with India. He was speaking at the joint meeting of the Indian Parliament in New Delhi and became only the second President of the United States to do so and announced that the United States would support India`s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, meaning the growing strategic dimension of relations between the world`s two largest democracies. [259] India wants to co-develop and co-produce defence technologies in cybersecurity-related areas; Military space Small unmanned systems in place in the air; small, light arms; ISTAR aircraft (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance); unmanned aerial systems; Advanced artillery ammunition; Mortar and missile systems, according to another MoD official. India signed a defense agreement with the United States on Tuesday on the exchange of sensitive satellite data, with both sides conducting a security dialogue at the highest level to counter China`s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The agreement was signed between the U.S.

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, which is part of the Ministry of Defense, and the Indian Ministry of Defense during the third 2-2 dialogue between the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs of the two counties. India, with mixed results, has insisted that reforms be undertaken at the United Nations and the World Trade Organization.