WASHINGTON: Facing challenges from countries like China, the U.S. sees greater co-operation with India on space security issues, a senior American official has said.
"We are seeking greater engagement with India, which is an established space faring nation, and we see a strong role for greater U.S.-India cooperation on space security issues," said Frank Rose, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance.
Rose was speaking at the 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Space Development and Utilisation for Humankind in Tokyo last week.
"As President (Barack) Obama said in 2010, the relationship between India and the U.S. will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century," he said according to the transcripts of the speech released.
"We see a strong role for Indian leadership in regional and multilateral space fora given India's space capabilities and its strong ties to other regional space actors and emerging spacefaring nations," he said.
For these reasons, in 2011 we launched the first U.S.-India space security discussions as part of an effort to ensure that our two governments exchange views on this increasingly important domain, he said.
"The 2013 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement called for a Space Security Dialogue between our two nations, and we look forward to having this dialogue in the near future," Rose said.
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