US Secretary of Defence to visit India
Source: PIB, Government of India Leading a high level delegation, the US Secretary of Defence Dr. Ashton Carter will arrive in Visakhapatnam shortly today on a 3 day visit to the country. This would be Dr Carter’s first visit to India as Secretary of Defence. He had earlier visited India in September 2013 and July 2012 as Deputy Secretary of Defence. As Deputy Secretary, Dr Carter was the main architect of the India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) and advocated support for treating India at the same level as their closest partner in terms of extent and level of technology transfer, co-development, co-production and collaborative ventures, expedited approval process for licenses, etc. Dr. Carter after visiting Visakhapatnam based Eastern Naval ...
