India will play very important role going forward in partnership with America, its allies, says US Navy Fleet Master Chief
US Navy, David Isom, emphasised that India will play a very important role going forward in partnership with the US and all of its other partners and allies.
David Isom said on Friday that India has a really important role in helping protect those international commons.
Speaking to on India-US defence ties, he said, «The relationship continues to grow. I think India has a really important role in helping protect those international commons, the free and open Indo-Pacific, the freedom of commerce and the ability for all nations to have access to those open sea lanes.»
«I think India will play a very important role going forward in partnership with the US and all of our other partners and allies,» he added.
Moreover, he noted that partnerships are the way of the future and we continue to grow those partnerships along with Australia, the UK, Canada, and France. We look forward to continuing to grow those relationships.
Meanwhile, Air Marshal Robert Chipman, Chief of the Air Force, Australia, stressed that the India-Australia relationship will get stronger in time.
«Relationship with India is kind of strength-to-strength, particularly between our Navy and Air Force...we think that it will get stronger in time,» Chipman said.
Chipman has been awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) and Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
While speaking about the Indo-Pacific, he highlighted the need to provide the right deterrence as tensions are rising in the region.
«In the Indo-Pacific region, the tensions are rising,
