U.S., India Expected to Sign Military Pact as China Prompts Closer Ties

This is big and good news! India, once a staunch supporter of the communist leaning non aligned movement, is now rather aligning with Western countries! This is probably only the beginning of intensifying relationships between Western countries and India! I bet usurper and dictator of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, is gnashing his teeth!

"Drawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference in 1955, the Non-Aligned Movement was established in 1961 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia through an initiative of the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, Indonesian President Sukarno, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito."

"The satellite-intelligence pact will be completed during a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper to New Delhi, Indian officials said, part of an annual gathering with their Indian counterparts Tuesday.

A senior U.S. defense official didn’t confirm the planned signing, but cited significant progress. He also said the pact, known as the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement, or Beca, would “allow for expanded geospatial-information sharing between our armed forces.”"

U.S., India Expected to Sign Military Pact as China Prompts Closer Ties - WSJ Pompeo, Esper to ink agreement with Indian officials, part of Beijing-focused diplomatic push in Asia