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INDIA U.S 2+2 2019
- On December 18, 2019 India and United States held security dialogue in Washington D.C
- This was their second 2+2 dialogue.
WASHINGTON VS WASHINGTON DC
- Washington is a state that is located on the Pacific coast of the United States.Washington DC, located on the east coast of the USA, is the capital of the United States.The key difference between Washington and Washington DC is that Washington is a state whereas Washington DC is a federal district.
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON DC
PARTICIPANTS
- India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper participated jointly in the Second 2+2 Strategic Dialogue
INDIA U.S 2+2 2019
SEVERAL LANDMARK AGREEMENTS
- Industrial Security Annex (ISA): The Industrial Security Annex (ISA) to the India-U.S. General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) will provide a framework for exchange and protection of classified military information between the U.S. and Indian defence industries. Currently, under GSOMIA, such information is exchanged between the Government authorities of the two countries but not between private parties.
- It will enable greater industry-to-industry collaboration for co- production and co-development in the defence sector, in line with the GOI’s objective of promoting Make in India in the defence sector.
GSOMIA IN NEWS
COALITION FOR DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE (CDRI)
- The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international coalition of countries, United Nations (UN) agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and academic institutions, that aims to promote disaster-resiliant infrastructure.
COALITION FOR DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
- It was launched by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019.
- The CDRI is the second major coalition launched by India outside of the UN, the first being the International Solar Alliance.
- The Government of India also pledged financial support of ₹480 crore (US$69 million) towards the CDRI corpus.
COALITION FOR DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
AGREEMENTS
- Three agreements under Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) were signed that will help in co-developing critical technologies.They also discussed on the efforts put in by the countries together for a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific with ASEAN at the centre.
WATER
- The leaders also reached MoU on water resources.The agreement will be signed between India’s Ministry of Jal Shakti and US Geological Survey on quality assessment and management of water.
- Both sides will be cooperating in the area of management of river basins, flood management and forecasting, water management, water quality, waste- water recycling and capacity building in testing and instrumentation.
PAKISTAN
- India and the US asked Pakistan to take “immediate and irreversible action” to ensure that no territory under its control is used for terrorism against other countries and to prosecute the perpetrators of cross-border terror attacks, including Mumbai and Pathankot strikes.
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