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India to get access to almost 99% of US defence technologies: US official 7/1/2016 11:18:47 PM Agencies Washington, July 1: India is the only other country that enjoys that status outside our formal treaty allies, said US. India will be the only country outside US' formal treaty allies that will gain access to almost 99% of latest America's defence technologies after being recognised as a 'Major Defence Partner', a senior Obama administration official has said. "India (now) enjoys access to (defence) technologies that is on par with our treaty allies. That is a very unique status. India is the only other country that enjoys that status outside our formal treaty allies," the official said explaining what 'Major Defence Partner' status means for India. Early this month, after a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, the US, in a joint statement, recognised India as a 'Major Defence Partner'. "We were looking for something unique. This language you would not find in any arms transfer legislation or any of our existing policies. This is new guidance and new language that is intended to reflect the unique things that we have done with India under our defence partnership," the senior administration official said. "This is intended to solidify the India-specific forward leaning policies for approval that the (US) President and (Defense) Secretary (Ashton) Carter...and our export control system have implemented in the last eight years," the official said. Under this recognition India would receive license-free access to a wide range of dual-use technologies in conjunction with steps that New Delhi has committed to take to advance its export control objectives. Acknowledging that the impression in New Delhi is that India is not getting access to the kind of technology it needs from the US, the official said it is a constant source of discussion. "(In reality), less than one per cent of all exports (requests) are denied (to India). They are not denied because of India. They are denied because of global US licensing policies. We do not share certain technologies with anybody in the world," the official asserted. The perception in India that the denial of such technologies is reflective of India-US relationship is far from the truth, the official said. According to the official, India being recognised as a "major defence partner puts it on par with our treaty allies". Inside the American bureaucratic system, such a recognition removes a number of major export control hurdles for India.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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