For me, my experience with the Indian army, we’ve had a tremendous relationship. He further said that US-India defense cooperation would continue to grow in the future.It is no secret that the US Pacific Command has been bullish on expanding defence partnership with India amid China’s fast rise and growing ambitions in the Asia-Pacific region. Last week while speaking at the second edition of the Raisina Dialogue here Admiral Harry B Harris Jr, Commander, US Pacific Command said that prosperity and security are intertwined and because India and the US share common values and concerns.Adm. Harris felt that one of the key challenges of the Indian Ocean region is that most of the key choke-points such as the Malacca Straits and the Straits of Hormuz. “The big threat is to freedom of navigation and maritime security in the Indian Ocean,” he said.

Source: Economic Times January 27, 2017 14:58 UTC