INDIA & THE WORLD BILATERAL AFFAIRS JULY 2009

INDIA & THE WORLD BILATERAL AFFAIRS JULY 2009

• G8, G5 leaders met in L’Aquila, Italy on economic issues and climate change .
• India, U.S. Sign Space-defense Deals
  The new Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) will cover launches involving satellites owned by U.S. government or academic institutions or by third country space agencies and universities which have U.S. equipment on board. Since the components and satellites will have to be integrated with Indian Space Research Organization's launch vehicles, the TSA will provide for monitoring by the U.S. side to ensure against diversion or misuse of equipment.
  A second agreement was signed on a framework for "robust result-oriented cooperation" in science and technology for "collaborative research and its commercialization."
  The signing of the end-use monitoring shall enable India to procure sophisticated U.S. defense technology and equipment.