New Delhi: Menteri Pertahanan AS Lloyd J. Austin-III akan tiba dalam kunjungan resmi ke India mulai minggu depan dengan tujuan untuk memperluas kemitraan industri pertahanan.
The US Defence Secretary will travel to New Delhi on an official visit to India as part of his four-nation tour. The visit holds particular significance considering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming state visit to the White House in June.
The Pentagon announced that Austin’s first stop will be in Tokyo where he will meet with Japanese Defence Minister Yasukasu Hamada and other senior leaders and visit US troops stationed in Japan.
Nantinya, dari Jepang, ia akan terbang ke Singapura, di mana ia dijadwalkan untuk menyampaikan pidato pleno pada Dialog Shangri-La ke-20 Institut Internasional untuk Studi Strategis (IISS) di Singapura.
Selama kunjungannya di Singapura, ia juga akan mengadakan pertemuan bilateral penting untuk memajukan kemitraan Amerika di kawasan.
Setelah kunjungannya ke Singapura, Austin akan melakukan perjalanan ke New Delhi, pada tahap ketiga turnya, yang akan berfokus pada memajukan inisiatif inovasi pertahanan dan kerja sama industri baru India-AS dan melanjutkan upaya untuk memperluas kerja sama operasional antara A.S. dan militer India.
The Pentagon while elaborating on the details of the Defence Secretary’s visit, said, “After Singapore, Secretary Austin will visit New Delhi to meet with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other leaders as the United States and India continue to modernize the US-India Major Defence Partnership.”
“This visit provides an opportunity to accelerate new defence innovation and industrial cooperation initiatives and drive ongoing efforts to expand operational cooperation between the U.S. and Indian militaries,” the statement added.
The Defence Secretary while speaking ahead of his four-nation tour, said: “I look forward to travelling to Japan, Singapore, India and France next week. We’ve made ground-breaking progress over the past year alongside our allies and partners towards advancing our shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Also just before PM Modi’s visit to the US, a powerful Congressional Committee has recommended strengthening NATO Plus by including India. This step is a move to deter China.
The suggestion of including India in the five-member grouping has been made by the committee to win the “strategic competition with the Chinese Communist Party”.
Saat ini, NATO Plus-5 adalah pengaturan keamanan yang berupaya meningkatkan kerja sama pertahanan global dan terdiri dari NATO dan lima negara sekutunya, Australia, Jepang, Israel, Selandia Baru, dan Korea Selatan.
Keikutsertaan India dalam NATO Plus berarti memfasilitasi pembagian intelijen yang lancar antara negara-negara ini dan India serta akses terhadap teknologi militer terbaru dengan jeda waktu yang minimal, lapor NewsonAir.
The US House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the US and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at a meeting on May 24, made the resounding decision. The committee rolled out a policy proposal that aims to bolster Taiwan’s deterrence capabilities, primarily by reinforcing NATO Plus with the inclusion of India.
Pertemuan tersebut dipimpin oleh Ketua Mike Gallagher dan Anggota Pangkat Raja Krishnamoorthi,
The Select Committee suggested: “Winning the strategic competition with the Chinese Communist Party and ensuring the security of Taiwan demands the United States strengthen ties to our allies and security partners, including India. Including India in NATO Plus security arrangements would build upon the US and India’s close partnership to strengthen global security and deter the aggression of the CCP across the Indo-Pacific region.”

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