With Eye on China, India and US Sign Landmark Military Agreement

NEW DELHI ࢀ" India and the United States have signed a landmark agreement to share military information and vowed to ramp up security and strategic ties as top U.S. officials emphasized the need for enhanced cooperation to confront Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. ࢀOur leaders and our citizens see with increasing clarity that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency, nor to freedom of navigation, the foundation of a free and open and prosperous Indo-Pacific,ࢀ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters in New Delhi. He and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark…