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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Clinton pitches for more military sales to India

C-17 Globemaster IIIWith their strategic proximity growing, the US Tuesday pitched for more military sales to India, a call soon after Washington decided to cut $800 million arms aid to Pakistan.

‘On the issue of defence technologies, the US expects to continue developing and selling the world’s most competitive products,’ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a three-day visit to India, said here.

‘We view these sales as important on their own terms but also as a means to facilitate the work the Indian and American militaries can do together, whether patrolling the seas or providing relief to the victims of natural disasters,’ she said.

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