Proposal to treat India on par with its allies like 'NATO' countries

US-India Defense Cooperation Act regarding India introduced in the US Senate

(NATO is a military association of 29 countries of the world called ‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization’)

Washington (USA) – For the first time such an India-centric bill has been introduced in the US Congress that proposes to put India at the same level of that of its treaty ally. US Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill in the Congress which proposes to treat India on par with its allies like Japan, Israel, Korea and NATO allies regarding technology transfers, support India in its response to growing threats to its territorial integrity and bar Pakistan from receiving security assistance if it is found to have sponsored terrorism against India.

Communist China continues to aggressively expand its domain in the Indo-Pacific region, all while it seeks to impede the sovereignty and autonomy of our regional partners. It’s crucial for the US to continue its support in countering these malicious tactics. India, along with other nations in the region, is not alone, Rubio said after he introduced the US-India Defense Cooperation Act in the Senate.

Given the short timeline of a bitterly divided Congress in an election year, the bill is unlikely to make much headway, but might be reintroduced in the next Congress given that there is a bipartisan level of support on India-US relationship.