(Washington Composite Electric) U.S. President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi Modi met at the White House on Thursday (June 22). The two countries announced a series of national defense and business agreements to promote US -Indian military and economic relations.
Modi began a two -day national visit to Washington on Wednesday (21st).At this time, the United States GM announced that it cooperated with Indian State -owned Indianstan Airlines to produce fighter engines for the Indian Air Force, including the F414 engine developed by India's "TEJAS" light fighter.
In the talks between the two, Biden and Modi discussed the US MQ-9B "Sea Guardian" drone transaction.And Modi also talked about a new defense agreement allowing US naval ships to perform major maintenance in Indian shipyards.
Two leaders also plans to launch a series of semiconductor transactions to use the Indian government subsidies to introduce advanced US technologies into India.
Micron Technology (Micron Technology) announced an investment of more than $ 800 million (about S $ 1.073 billion), and established a $ 2.75 billion semiconductor assembly and testing facilities in India.Applied Materials of Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers announced that creating a new semiconductor commercialization and innovation center.Lam Research, chip manufacturer, said that it is necessary to provide training for up to 60,000 engineers in India.
India plans to sign the Artemis Agreement
The two countries will also strengthen cooperation in space plans.India plans to sign the Artemis Accords ACCORDS initiated by the United States to cooperate with other countries to develop the space industry in peace, security, responsibility and sustainable ways.At present, more than 20 countries have signed to join, but Russia and China are not among them.
India is now interested in developing space.Modi visited Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX in New York on Tuesday (20th).The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Agency also agreed to jointly implement the task of visiting the International Space Station next year.
In conjunction with Modi, the United States announced that some Indians who work in the United States are more convenient for visas, which means that they can extend their residence permits in the United States without returning to India.At the National Science Foundation on Wednesday, Modi invited American students to India and said that India was training students to learn artificial intelligence.The White House said that more than 200,000 Indian students attended the United States last year.
Modi and Biden held a press conference on Thursday, and rarely accepted questions from the media.Modi rarely published at the press conference in the past and rarely accepted questions.The White House officials described that the news that Modi and Biden opened together were "a major event."
Modi's transfer to Washington from New York on Wednesday to attend the National Science Foundation event, and went to the White House and Biden to have dinner with Biden.When Modi arrived in the evening, Biden -Biden presented him with an old American camera, a collection of American wildlife photography, and the first edition of a poem collection signed by a famous American poet Robert FROST.The import of attention and enthusiasm for this trip.
Since serving as the Prime Minister in 2014, Modi has visited the United States five times, but this is the first state visit.According to Reuters, Modi's visit to the United States is an important milestone in strengthening relations with the United States and India, but in confrontation against China and Russia, India and the United States are different, which also causes doubts.Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, India has been reluctant to impose sanctions against Russia and also buy a large amount of oil from Russia.
A senior official of the State Department of the United States said that as long as India is purchased at the upper limit of the price lower than the consent of developed countries, Washington can accept India to continue to purchase Russian oil.
Senior officials said that since Modi told Russia's President Putin last September, "today's era is not the era of war", India's attitude towards Russia has had a "subtle change".Other Indian officials also questioned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Russia's remarks on nuclear military issues in recent months.
