US – India to work on Iran – US President to visit India

WASHINGTON, 11 February 2020, TON: US President Donald Trump along with first lady Melania are scheduled to pay a state visit to India on 24 – 25 February 2020. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that the decision to visit came after Trump and Modi had a telephonic talk over the weekend over tense situation arising after Iranian purist to its ballistic missile programme.

US State Department said it has approved the sale of an Integrated Air Defence Weapons System to India (IADWS) for an estimated cost of USD 1.9 billion. The approval comes after Trump Administration notified to the US Congress its determination to sell to India the IADWS. The IADWS will modernize Indian armed forces and the system could also be deployed against American adversaries in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.  

 

 

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