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Explain the significance of Basic Exchange and Co-operation Agreement (BECA) for Indo-US strategic relations.

  • UPSC 2022
  • 10 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) was signed on 27 October 2020 at the third India–US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi, four months after the Galwan clash. It completed the set of foundational agreements that Washington concludes with close defence partners.

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