Washington, Feb. 5 -- The US Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Geoffrey R Pyatt, highlighted on Monday the significance of the initiative on the Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) framework as one of the key frameworks in India-US cooperation in high-tech areas.

Pyatt also said that US national advisors have recently decided to announce the addition of critical minerals and clean energy technology as new pillars to the iCET framework, emphasising the aim to accelerate deployment and foster collaboration between laboratories in innovative domains.

"One of the key frameworks for our cooperation with India in high-technology areas is the iCET framework. Our national security advisors have recently decided to add critical minera...