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The United States has urged India to prioritize pending military agreements in order to boost up Indo-U.S military ties and increase military exercises. The pending agreements are the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (Cismoa), the End-use Verification Agreement and the Logistics Support Agreement.
U.S Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, who was visiting India, met senior defence officials including the Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Suresh Mehta, and National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan. The U.S Commander said it was crucial that the agreements on information secrecy, end-use verification and turnaround facilities were given priority.
Among the other military agreements, the Cismoa binds the two sides to confidentiality of information on military equipment and processes, the end-user verification agreement will authorise the U.S to inspect and check that India is using U.S-supplied military equipment for purpose that they are meant and the LSA will allow US ships and aircraft to refuel in India and Indian ships and aircraft to refuel in the U.S and its bases.
The U.S wants the next Indian administration to take up three pending military agreements quickly because they will help scale up military relations with Delhi.
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