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| India-Pakistan |
| U.S., India discuss ’Asian NATO’ |
| 2003-05-31 |
| Discreet talks were under way Thursday between senior advisers to the Pentagon and to the Indian government on the prospects for a new security system for Asian-Pacific democracies, a kind of Asian NATO, anchored by the United States and India. The idea comes as the Pentagon is preparing some major shifts in the deployment of its forces in the region, including the movement of U.S. Marines from current bases in Okinawa, Japan, to Australia, and the use of new basing facilities in Singapore and the Philippines. ... .. . |
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