India and the United States are destined to be partners at the world stage due to their shared common values and outlooks on a wide range of issues, the Pentagon has said as US Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter concluded his trip to New Delhi.
In his meetings with the India’s National Security Adviser, Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh and Defense Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur, Carter reiterated that the US and India were “destined to be partners on the world stage” due to their shared common values and outlooks on a wide range of issues, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said on Wednesday.
During his visit from September 16 to 18, Carter discussed with Indian officials the forthcoming meeting in Washington between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and steps toward deepening the multifaceted US-Indo defence relationship, Little said.