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India, U.S. Sign Defense Agreement
The United States and India yesterday signed a 10-year defense agreement that would allow for joint missile defense work and possible sharing of sensitive U.S. military technologies, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, June 17). “The United States and India have entered a new era,” says a statement released after the signing in Washington by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The officials agreed to create a “defense procurement and production group” for oversight of defense-related exchanges and sales, according to AFP. The United States under the agreement might allow sales of dual-use nuclear and space technology to India, which were halted when India became an unofficial nuclear weapons state. “I feel there is a possibility of a change,” Mukherjee said. The agreement also calls on the two nations to “enhance capabilities to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.” There was no word on whether than would include India’s participation in the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, June 29).
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