International relationsIndo-Pacific and China to be focus of high-level India-US talks
Military pact on intelligence sharing likely during Pompeo-Esper New Delhi visit
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Kidd, left, and USS Howard are moored in Chennai in, 2017. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer
October 25, 2020 12:58 JST
NEW DELHI -- India and the U.S. are working to finalize a key military pact on geospatial cooperation during high-level talks set for Tuesday, as they intensify engagement with two other members of the so-called Quad grouping -- Australia and Japan -- to challenge what they see an increasingly assertive China in the Indo-Pacific region.