India joins US-led Pax Silica initiative at AI summit

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI - India on Friday joined Pax Silica, a US-led international initiative launched last year to build what organizers describe as “secure, resilient, and innovation-driven supply chains.”

The signing ceremony took place during the ongoing AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, who attended the event, said India’s entry into Pax Silica “isn’t just symbolic” but “strategic and essential.”

He described the initiative as “a coalition of capabilities that replaces coercive dependencies with a positive sum alliance of trusted industrial bases,” adding that it is “about whether free societies will control the commanding heights of the global economy.”

Gor said policies reinforcing US-India technology cooperation “will power AI innovation and adoption for years to come.”

“We can share trusted AI technology with the world, and especially with partners like India. And critically, India brings strength,” he said.

“Peace doesn’t come from hoping adversaries will play fair. We all know they won’t. Peace comes through strength…. that strength, sovereignty, is exactly what Pax Silica amplifies,” he added.

India’s Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the pact will “greatly benefit India’s electronics and semiconductor industry.”

Pax Silica was launched in December 2025. Countries including Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Japan are among the signatories.