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US defense secretary in India, to meet Modi
New Delhi, June 2
Leading a high-level
delegation, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrived in
Visakhapatnam on Tuesday on a three-day visit to India.
In
Visakhapatnam, Carter visited the Eastern Naval Command. He was
scheduled to arrive in Delhi later in the day and was likely to call
upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
He will also meet
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
This is Carter's first visit to India as secretary of defense.
He
had earlier visited India in September 2013 and July 2012 as deputy
secretary of defense when he was the main architect of the India-US
Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) and advocated support for
treating India at par with the closest partners of the US in terms of
technology transfer, collaborative ventures and expedited-approval
process for licences.