Yes but the two nations are not coming together as equals anymore.
India recognizes the rise of China and it as the new economic pole.
This is no longer the US propping up India against China.
This is India playing both the US and China, and China double-dealing with India.
The Russian deal was very carefully thought out.
And now this.
This is a rebalancing, and messaging.
@Indus Pakistan
I was sitting down to dinner recently with someone pretty senior in the US government. In my sphere. But not a technocrat.
It's pretty clear that the US knows that China is challenging them. Being if Indian origin, she also minced no words about how far China is ahead of us in the game.
This is not an India China thing. This is a US China thing, with India positioning herself carefully.
@Chinese-Dragon
Cheers, Doc