During a meeting between defence minister AK Antony and US defence secretary Robert Gates, India also informed that its bilateral defence relations, should grow from that of seller-buyer to a comprehensive one.
India today raised serious concerns relating to defence trade with the US, including export licence restrictions on its Public sector undertaking and defence resaerch and development organisation (DRDO) by including them in the American 'Entity List'.
During a meeting between defence minister A K Antony and US defence secretary Robert Gates here, India also informed the US that its bilateral defence relations should grow from seller-buyer to a comprehensive cooperation, rooted in transfer of technology and co-production of equipment and weapons.
Indicating its hesitation in going ahead with three defence agreements, it stressed that these pacts, including Communication, Inter-operability and Security Memorandum of
Agreement (CISMOA), being pushed by US, would have to be
studied for their benefits before signing them.
"Antony conveyed to Gates the Indian concerns regarding denial of export licenses for various defence related requirement of the armed forces and also regarding the inclusion of some Indian defence PSUs and DRDO labs in the 'Entity List' of the US government," a defence ministry spokesperson said in a statement.
"Antony expressed the view that such restrictions were anomalous in the context of the steady improvement in the bilateral defence relations between both countries," he said.
Gates, during the meeting, referred to president Barack Obama's initiative on a comprehensive reform of US export control regulations and assured that it would involve facilitation in the supply of defence technology and equipment to India.
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