US-INDIA

"The Nuclear Security Summit President Obama will host in
Washington in April, to which 43 nations have been invited and
which we expect Prime Minister Singh will attend, provides an
excellent opportunity to highlight this evolving partnership,"
Blake said.
A critical component of the strategic cooperation
framework, Blake said, is counter-terrorism.
"You've seen our two countries cooperate more and more,
particularly since the horrific November 2008 terrorist
attacks in Mumbai, which the Indians refer to as '26/11'," he
said.
Blake said the September, 2009 visit of Indian Union Home
Minister, P Chidambaram, was highly successful and gave the
Indian leader the opportunity to consult with senior officials
in just about every US agency involved in the all-important
challenge of battling terrorism.
"When Prime Minister Singh visited Washington in November
the two leaders (Singh and Obama) stressed that our
partnership in counter-terrorism efforts is 'indispensable for
global peace and security' and agreed on a Counter-terrorism
Initiative to strengthen our work together in this vital
endeavour," he said.
"On the defence side, our bilateral exercise programme
continues to grow and to strengthen. We have a robust exercise
programme that has enabled us to enhance an already great
military-to-military relationship with exercises such as Cope
India, Malabar, and Shatrujeet," Blake said. "Defence sales
are also of great interest to American companies." PTI