India signing LSA, CISMOA and BECA pacts critical for US DTTI cooperation
The Dollar Business Bureau In a move towards Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), the United States officials on Thursday stressed India to ink three key pacts that have been pending over years. The three pacts that were mentioned are Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum Agreement (CISMOA) and Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA). Terming them as ‘foundation pacts’ for stronger defence cooperation between the two countries, the US officials said, “If India did not sign the pacts, it would become an issue at some point in the future, as the two countries worked on high-end defence technology.” According to a report from India Defence Research Wing, the US officials made ...
