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s the world’s two largest democracies, the United States and India share a responsibility to protect our citizens and help provide security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. As proud nations with long histories of achievement and contributions to humanity, we are committed to defending our sovereignty and territorial integrity from external coercion. And as entrepreneurial nations, we understand that prosperity and development require security. Drawing on these shared principles and with firm support from our citizens, the United States and India have steadily increased cooperation among our defense and security forces through information sharing; defense planning, exercises, and exchanges; defense industrial cooperation; and
The United States and India have steadily increased cooperation among our defense and security forces through information sharing; defense planning, exercises, and exchanges; defense industrial cooperation; and counterterrorism and law enforcement activities.
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counterterrorism and law enforcement activities. This has involved sharing some of our countries’ most sensitive information and technology, as well as dedicating substantial personnel and resources to joint efforts. We have done this because the United States and India face common threats and challenges, ranging from unilateral efforts to change borders and disrupt the rules-based international order, to regional and global terror networks, to drug traffickers and malicious cyber actors. We have sought to keep our nations safe today, but also to increase interoperability and habits of cooperation among our defense and security forces so that we are prepared to deal with the threats of tomorrow. By strengthening our shared resolve and
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