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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan formally launched the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in Washington. The United States and India concluded the US-India iCET meeting and also decided to launch a new Innovation Bridge.
The Indian Embassy in the US said in a tweet that the iCET announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Biden. It reflects India US convention of strategic, commercial & scientific approaches in field of technology.
The White House said in a statement that Innovation Bridge will connect both countries’ defence startups. It said, both countries affirm that the ways in which technology is designed, developed, governed, and used should be shaped by our shared democratic values and respect for universal human rights.
According to the statement, the two sides discussed opportunities for greater cooperation in critical and emerging technologies, co-development and coproduction, and ways to deepen connectivity across our innovation ecosystems.