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| US, India expected to sign defence |
| US, India expected to sign defence pact on Monday
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 20-July-2009
3:9:37 AM |
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The United States and India are expected to sign an agreement on Monday that would take a major step towards allowing the sale of sophisticated US arms to New Delhi, three senior US officials said.
Known as an "end-use monitoring" agreement and required by US law for such weapons sales, the pact would let Washington check that India was using any arms for the purposes intended and preventing the technology from leaking to others.
The deal would be a tangible accomplishment of Hillary Clinton's first trip to India as US secretary of state and it could prove a boon to US companies such as Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co.
Both US defence contractors are in the running to compete for India's plan to buy 126 multi-role fighters, which would be one of the largest arms deals in the world as India takes steps to modernise its largely Russian-made arsenal.
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