India Presents a Wonderful Opportunity for U.S. :Pentagon

WASHINGTON: India presents a wonderful opportunity to the United States, a top U.S. Pacific command official told lawmakers here as the Obama administration proceeds ahead with its ambitious plan to strengthen its defence ties with India.

"India presents a wonderful opportunity for us. They share our values and our norms. One of my objectives is to improve that relationship with India," Admiral Harry B Harris, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) told members of Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing on maritime security strategy in the Asia Pacific.

"I'm excited by the opportunities we have with India by the work that the Secretary of Defence has done and the Assistant Secretary of Defence Kendall has done with regard to the DTTI, the defence initiative with India, to help them build up their military and help them build an aircraft carrier, and aircraft carrier capability," Harris said in response to a question.

In his testimony, David B Shear, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, said in South Asia, the US is working with the Indian Navy on aircraft carrier technology sharing and design.

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