13/01/2015
Japan and China hold the fourth round of talks in Tokyo on maritime crisis management mechanism Monday, with both countries agreeing to launch it as soon as possible once a broad agreement is reached.
The working-level talks, participated by officials from Japan’ s Defense Ministry and the Maritime Self-Defense Force and China’ s Defense Ministry, firstly reaffirmed basic agreements they have made so far.
The two sides also discussed some specifics of the mechanism, including technical problems, and agreed to trigger it as soon as possible after some necessary adjustments based on Monday’s talks, Chinese officials said.
The mechanism of high-level consultations on maritime affairs between the two countries was launched in 2012. After three rounds of successful talks, the talks were suspended after the Japanese government‘s so-called”nationalization”of China’s Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea in September 2012.
via Japan, China hold maritime crisis talks in Tokyo – Xinhua | English.news.cn.
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02/01/2014
India scrapped a $753 million deal to buy helicopters from Anglo-Italian company AgustaWestland following a 15-month corruption investigation and said it’s preparing for an arbitration fight it is seeking to avoid.
AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin (Photo credit: J.Backlund)
The 2010 deal for 12 helicopters from the unit of Italy’s defense and aerospace manufacturer Finmeccanica SpA (FNC) has been terminated “with immediate effect” because of “breach of the pre-contract integrity pact (PCIP) and the agreement,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement in New Delhi yesterday. A former Indian air force chief and about 10 other officials are under investigation over the sale.
Finmeccanica had received notification of a probe in September 2012, and in February India suspended further payments while issuing a so-called show-cause notice seeking AgustaWestland’s defense against bribery allegations. That followed the arrest the same month of a senior Finmeccanica official in Italy on accusations of corruption and tax fraud.
via India Scraps AgustaWestland Chopper Contract on Graft Probe (1) – Businessweek.
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03/02/2012
Business Week: “Dassault Aviation SA, seeking its first export order for Rafale fighters, will begin exclusive negotiations to supply 126 jets to India after being selected as the lowest bidder.
“The French company and India’s defense ministry will begin talks within 15 days, an Indian government official told reporters in New Delhi yesterday. Negotiations will probably extend beyond the March 31 end of India’s fiscal year.”
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1377-aQTsvG2MxPoI-73IQMDIULOJV791GE0FE2Q4NAD
This news is particularly disappointing to Mr Cameron who had paid a visit to India a couple of years ago and got reassurance that India will try and increase its trade with Britain. Presumably either the British supplier was not able to make as good an offer or the timing was just wrong (or both).
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