The United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who is on a two-day trip to India, met his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval here in New Delhi. Jake Sullivan, who is on his last trip before President elect Donald Trump takes over the command of new administration, said on 06 January that Washington is finalising necessary steps to remove long-standing regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India’s leading nuclear entities and US companies.
Shailesh Kumar, National Defence
New Delhi, 06 January 2025
Sullivan also met India’s external affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Prime Minister Modi. Sullivan’s India visit is considered a significant milestone in India- US relationship as both countries share a close strategic partnership. India and U.S. have signed civil nuclear deal in 2007. Both countries agreed in 2019 to build six US nuclear power plants in India. However, a longstanding obstacle in the corporation has been the need to bring Indian liability rules in line with global norms which require the costs of any accident to be channelled to the operator rather than the maker of a nuclear power plant.
After the meeting of both NSA, a joint statement is issued which reads— National Security Adviser of India Ajit Doval met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in New Delhi on 6 January 2025. NSA Sullivan was accompanied by a delegation of senior U.S. government officials.
The two NSAs have engaged regularly in a high-level dialogue through extensive discussions on a broad bilateral, regional and global agenda. Following the launch of the India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) by Prime Minister Modi and President Joseph Biden on the side lines of the Quad Summit in Tokyo on 24 May 2022, the two NSAs have driven concrete initiatives between the two countries across a range of areas including Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors, Telecommunications, Defence and Space.
The current visit gave them the opportunity to review ongoing progress in their high-level dialogue, including in diverse fields such as Defence, Cyber and Maritime Security.
It was a pleasure to meet the US National Security Advisor @JakeSullivan46. The India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership has scaled new heights, including in the areas of technology, defence, space, biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence. Look forward to building… pic.twitter.com/GcU5MtW4CV
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 6, 2025
US NSA Jake Sullivan briefed the Indian side on the updates brought out by the Biden administration to U.S. missile export control policies under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) that will boost US commercial space cooperation with India. Reflecting the progress the United States and India have made—and will continue to make—as strategic partners and countries with a shared commitment to peaceful nuclear cooperation, NSA Sullivan announced US efforts to finalize necessary steps to delist Indian nuclear entities, which will promote civil nuclear cooperation and resilient clean energy supply chains.
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