{"id":41846,"date":"2015-02-27T16:21:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=41846"},"modified":"2015-02-27T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:21:46","slug":"us-tries-to-bully-india-into-defense-cooperation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/02\/27\/us-tries-to-bully-india-into-defense-cooperation-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"US Tries to Bully India Into Defense Cooperation Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy\u00a0sputniknews.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The White House is playing hardball with the government of India, pushing the Narendra Modi administration to sign three military agreements Washington is keen on but New Delhi has nixed in the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0The Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), the Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum Agreement (CISMOA) and the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for\u00a0Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA) means greater cooperation between\u00a0the two governments, including that each country provide logistic support, refueling and berthing facilities for\u00a0each other\u2019s warships and aircraft.<\/div>\n
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Previous Indian governments have been against\u00a0the agreements, arguing that cooperating with\u00a0the United States on\u00a0such an extensive level militarily would undermine India\u2019s strategic autonomy. But a new Indian government means a renewed push from\u00a0Washington, and they\u2019re turning up\u00a0the heat this time around.<\/p>\n

After a meeting earlier this week in\u00a0New Delhi between\u00a0Obama and Modi officials, the Times of\u00a0India reported that a US official said that if India did not sign the pacts, it would become an issue.”<\/p>\n

One area that could be adversely affected is India\u2019s bid to\u00a0become a permanent member of\u00a0the UN Security Council. President Obama visited India last month and reiterated Washington\u2019s support for\u00a0India\u2019s Security Council spot, and White House press secretary Josh Earnest this week repeated that support.<\/p>\n

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As it relates to\u00a0India’s membership in\u00a0the security council, I know the President endorsed that\u2026the Security Council in\u00a0the context of\u00a0a variety of\u00a0other important reforms to\u00a0the operations of\u00a0the United Nations,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n

The US says these agreements are necessary so that allies can help each other spread the burden of\u00a0maintaining a robust military presence worldwide. However, India doesn\u2019t have plans to\u00a0deploy its military personnel anywhere in\u00a0North America, while the US is deeply interested in\u00a0expanding the Pentagon\u2019s capabilities in\u00a0Asia. Especially in\u00a0light of\u00a0souring relations with\u00a0India\u2019s neighbor, Pakistan, which repeatedly demanded that the US withdraw drone bases from\u00a0the country and respect \u00a0Pakistan\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read more: http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/world\/20150227\/1018858757.html#ixzz3SzTZ6D9N<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy\u00a0sputniknews.com The White House is playing hardball with the government of India, pushing the Narendra Modi administration to sign three military agreements Washington is keen on but New Delhi has nixed in the past. \u00a0The Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), the Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum Agreement (CISMOA) and the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for\u00a0Geo-Spatial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}