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U.S. Pacific Command head Admiral Harry Harris Jr. laid out a solid vision of U.S.–Indian cooperation and its potential for mutual benefit in a speech at the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, India on March 2, 2016. The Raisina Dialogue was hosted by the Observer Research Foundation and India’s Ministry of External Affairs. Delegates from 130 countries attended the three-day conference held from March 1–3, 2016.
Admiral Harris citied a long list of visits between the two countries–his own included–that have resulted in closer ties between the U.S. and India. He also cited the common interest in the concept of freedom of navigation and flight which must be maintained.
Perhaps the biggest news announced by Harris was that India would take part in the 27-nation RIMPAC naval exercise to be held in summer 2016. India has also been invited to attend an aerial exercise, Red Flag 2016, hosted by the U.S. Air Force in Alaska.
Harris’s speech touched on the equipment and technology transfer similar to those that the U.S. makes to its closest NATO allies as proof of the increasingly-close U.S.–India ties and cooperation.
Characterizing this rapidly-growing closeness, Harris said:
“Skepticism, suspicion and doubt on both sides have been replaced by cooperation, dialog and trust.”
He ended his speech by echoing the “ambition” theme by saying:
“So let’s be ambitious together and create a model of strategic partnership for the rest of the world to emulate.
Full text of Admiral Harris’s speech:
Photo: U.S. Pacific Command via flickr