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India may agree to physical checks on US defence eqtuipment
New Delhi (PTI) Left with no option, India may agree to US physically inspecting defence equipment it sells to Indian armed forces and the End-User Verification Agreement (EUVA) for the purpose will come up for finalisation during US Under Secretary William Burns' visit here from June 10 to 13.
"The next meeting on EUVA may take place during Burns' visit to India and the matter would be dealt by the External Affairs Ministry," senior Defence and External Affairs Ministry officials said here on Friday.
Though India would not want the clause of physical verification included in EUVA, it may concede to the US insistence, as it was mandatory under their laws, but after the concerns of both sides are addressed in the final draft.
"Ideally, we (India) would not want to have this clause at all (in the agreement with the US). Our concern is we cannot allow the equipment to be intrusively inspected," the officials said.
"We do not have such agreements with other countries, except for an undertaking. But only the US has this law and we realise that it is a requirement. We are sure the concerns of both sides would be factored into the final EUVA draft," they added.
New Delhi (PTI) Left with no option, India may agree to US physically inspecting defence equipment it sells to Indian armed forces and the End-User Verification Agreement (EUVA) for the purpose will come up for finalisation during US Under Secretary William Burns' visit here from June 10 to 13.
"The next meeting on EUVA may take place during Burns' visit to India and the matter would be dealt by the External Affairs Ministry," senior Defence and External Affairs Ministry officials said here on Friday.
Though India would not want the clause of physical verification included in EUVA, it may concede to the US insistence, as it was mandatory under their laws, but after the concerns of both sides are addressed in the final draft.
"Ideally, we (India) would not want to have this clause at all (in the agreement with the US). Our concern is we cannot allow the equipment to be intrusively inspected," the officials said.
"We do not have such agreements with other countries, except for an undertaking. But only the US has this law and we realise that it is a requirement. We are sure the concerns of both sides would be factored into the final EUVA draft," they added.
