Both Mr. Carter and Mr. Parrikar have consequently gone to great lengths to explain that LEMOA does not amount to a military pact. In certain circumstances, it could also help smoothen operational logistics between the navies of the two countries. It was in 2005 that India and the U.S. signed their first Defence Cooperation Agreement. The U.S. had always been suspicious of India’s relations with Russia, that go back to the period of non-alignment. At another level, Russia is engaging with China to oppose U.S. attempts to install its Missile Defence System in Asia.

Source: The Hindu September 05, 2016 00:33 UTC