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20 Feb 2026, 21:27 GMT+10
NEW DELHI, 20th February, 2026 (WAM) -- India today joined the Pax Silica initiative by becoming a signatory to the Pax Silica Declaration at a special event held on the margins of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
India also signed a Joint Statement on the "India-U.S. AI Opportunity Partnership" as a bilateral addendum to the Declaration.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the documents were signed by Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, S. Krishnan; U.S. Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor; and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, Jacob Helberg.
Pax Silica seeks to build secure, resilient, and innovation-driven supply chains for technologies foundational to the AI era, particularly silicon and critical minerals that underpin semiconductors, advanced computing, and other high-technology systems.
Through the Joint Statement on the AI Opportunity Partnership, India and the United States aim to promote pro-innovation regulatory approaches, strengthen the physical AI stack, and advance free enterprise.
The partnership envisions empowering AI developers, startups, and ecosystem enablers; exploring joint research and development; facilitating industry partnerships and investments in next-generation data centers; enhancing cooperation on access to compute and advanced processors; and accelerating innovation in AI models and applications.
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