US Pacific Command Now Indo-Pacific Command As a symbol of respect for India, the US military has changed the name of the US Pacific Command on Wednesday, the Indo-Pacific Command.

on Wednesday, the Indo-Pacific Command.

US officials said the Reuters news agency said that the country has taken this step to acknowledge the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, and to respect India.

On the one hand, the United States wants to maintain ties with China because of growing tensions with China and on the other hand India has a huge market of arms.

China took the matter seriously. A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense said that India-US relations are being monitored.

All US military operations in the Pacific are operated by 'US Pacific Command'. India also has their area covered. The name changed to the new 'US Indo-Pacific Command', under the control of the military authority, there are 3,75,000 military and civilian manpower.

US Defense Secretary Jim Matties said on Tuesday, "Our allies in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean areas have played an important role in ensuring regional stability. As a recognition of the ever increasing communication between India and the Pacific, today we replaced the US Pacific Command with the US Indo-Pacific Command. '

Matty was delivering a speech at the time of the transfer of responsibility.

The event was organized on the occasion of handing over the leadership of the US Indo-Pacific Command to Admiral Philip Davidson from Admiral Harry Harris. Admiral Harry decided to send Harris to President Trump as South ambassador to South Korea.

Last month, Davidson commented, "I think that the 21st century is likely to reach a historic level in the relationship between India and the United States, and I want to work intensively in achieving that goal. '

News Reuters writes that the new naming does not mean that new military presence will be increased in the Indian Ocean region. Rather, with the decision, the United States admitted that the importance of India to the military from the military is increasing.

In 2016, India and the United States agreed to use each other's land, air and naval bases for repairs and fuel supplies. That agreement has taken the relationship of military cooperation between the two countries one step forward. Both countries are worried about China's growing dominance in the sea.

Reuters further writes that the United States wants to be a major supplier of military equipment to India. The country has already become the second largest military equipment supplier in India. In the last decade, they sold 1,500 billion dollars of equipment to India.

Even last year when Trump proposed to ban countries with the defense of Russian defense and detectives, then Defense Minister Jim Matties tried to get India off