New Dehli: 30 October 2020: US and India signed a bilteral deal Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement which is expected to boost their bilateral defence and military ties at a time when India is facing a tense stand-off with China in Ladakh.American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper flew into New Delhi to sign the pact with their Indian counterparts.In this there are four pacts of strategi nature.

BECA will give India access to classified geospatial data as well as critical information that has military application. The regional tour by these senior US officials, which has included visits to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, is aimed at countering growing Chinese influence.

USA expressed solidarity with New Delhi. China accused USA of cold war mentality and warned them to stop sowing see of conflict in regional statres against China.Being comfortable with does not really mean the Global Power can ignore the other realities, they region is complex and controlling Chinese inflence should  not mean putting whole region at stake.