[Marxistindia] Two-Plus-Two: Binding India to US Interests

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September 7, 2018

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Two-Plus-Two: Binding India to US Interests

 

The first two-plus-two meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of
India and the United States represents the institutionalization of the
strategic alliance with the US.

 

The signing of the Communications, Compatibility, Security Agreement
(COMCASA) illustrates the way the United States is getting the Modi
government to intertwine the Indian armed forces with the Pentagon. The
communications equipment which will be provided to India to place in defence
platforms will be monitored by the US.  It will compromise India's defence
communications network and bind India to buying US defence equipment in the
future.

 

The Modi government has entered into this second agreement after the signing
of the Logistics Support Agreement in 2016 which will allow US air and naval
forces to utilize Indian facilities. 

 

The military and strategic alliance with the United States is going to harm
India's strategic autonomy and independent foreign policy decision making.

 

The Polit Bureau demands that the Modi government cease such military
agreements and stop the bartering of India's national sovereignty. 

 

 

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