US Senator Introduces Bill That Proposes To Treat India Like Its Top Allies
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The bill proposes to treat India as if it were of the same status as the US allies such as Japan, Israel, Korea, and NATO allies.
US Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday introduced a bill in the Congress that proposes to treat India on par with its allies like as Japan, Israel, Korea and NATO allies regarding technology transfers, support India in its response to growing threats to its territorial integrity and bar Pakistan from receiving security assistance if it is found to have sponsored terrorism against India. In order to strengthen our partnership with India, it's essential we increase our strategic relationship w/ New Delhi. 🇺🇲 🇮🇳Introduced a bill to best support India as they continue to face aggression from Communist China.https://t.co/QVF1gU7TqP
"Communist China continues to aggressively expand its domain in the Indo-Pacific region, all while it seeks to impede the sovereignty and autonomy of our regional partners. It's crucial for the U.S. to continue its support in countering these malicious tactics. India, along with other nations in the region, is not alone," Rubio said after he introduced the U.S.-India Defense Cooperation Act in the Senate.
Given the short timeline of a bitterly divided Congress in an election year, the bill is unlikely to make much headway, but might be reintroduced in the next Congress given that there is a bipartisan level of support on the India-US relationship. The bill notes that the US-India partnership is vital to countering influences from Communist China. In order to strengthen this partnership, it is essential to enhance our strategic diplomatic, economic, and military relationship with New Delhi, it asserts.
