US Deputy Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell on Wednesday said that the USA had frank discussions with India on New Delhi’s ties with Russia in technology sector (read defence) in the backdrop of America’s concerns on this issue but have trust and confidence in India.
“We have frank dialogue with India. We are seeking stronger technology areas with India. We have been clear, areas which are impacted due to Indo-Russia ties. We have expressed some concerns. We have confidence and trust in India,” Campbell said in an online briefing a week after his visit here for the iCET review.
“India is a great power. There are areas of alignment. But we have different perspectives in some areas with regard to Russia. We have disagreements which are done respectfully,” Campbell pointed out. It may be pointed out here that USA has some concerns over sharing certain defence technology with India which uses Russian defence equipment across sectors as it fears of pilferage of US technology to Russia from the Indian soil.
