India and the US have signed an MoU on counter-terrorism and five other agreements as they agreed to chart their ties as "one of the defining relations" in the 21st century in which New Delhi will have a leadership role in the region and the world.
Besides the Memorandum of Understanding on 'Advancing Global Security and Countering Terrorism', the two countries signed pacts covering education and development, health cooperation, economic trade and agriculture, and green partnerships.
The pacts were signed after Prime Minister and US President Barack Obama held talks in Washington at the White House.
PM Manmohan Singh is the first foreign leader to be hosted as the State Guest under the 10-month-old Obama Administration.
