US keen to cooperate with India via Quad, bolster defence ties: Paul Kapur

Paul Kapur, who serves as Assistant Secretary of State handling US ties with South and Central Asia, added that the US is planning fresh arms sales to India. Kapur also pointed to the resilience of the US-India relationship despite recent tensions over trade and welcomed the recent framework agreement for a bilateral trade deal announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump earlier this month. “India with its size, location and commitment to a free and open region anchors South Asia and more broadly, the western half of the Indo-Pacific, the United States and India maintain high…