AndhraNews.Net - Indo-US Defence Policy Group to meet

New Delhi: May 31, 2004

The three day Indo�US Defence Policy Group (DPG) meeting will begin here tomorrow to discuss the entire gamut of Indo-US defence relations including strategic issues, joint exercises, training and acquisition. The talks will also review counter terrorism requirements of India, terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, security of sea-lanes in the Indian Ocean and peace and stability in Asia.

The Indian delegation will be led by Defence Secretary Shri Ajay Prasad and his counterpart US Under Secretary of Defence Mr Douglas Feith will lead the US delegation.

The Indo-US DPG had met in quick succession in December 2001 and in May 2002. The fifth meeting took place after a very long gap in August 2003 in Washington. There has been a dramatic improvement in Indo-US military-to-military relations during the past few years, which includes training, joint exercises, participation in US sponsored multilateral events, disaster management, humanitarian activities, search and rescue oriented planning etc. A general agreement on security measures for the protection of classified military information was signed in January 2002 and a Master information exchange agreement to facilitate exchange of Defence Research & Development and information was signed in February 2004.

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