US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and Rajnath Singh.
US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and Rajnath Singh.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi on Monday and the leaders of the two countries discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening defense partnership. Lloyd Austin arrived in India on Sunday for a two-day visit to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington.
what austin told after the meeting
Giving a statement after the meeting on the importance of joint military exercise between India and America, said that we are facing international challenges like China’s coercion and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and terrorism and climate change. are doing. India-US (India-US) are moving fast as a global strategic partner. The partnership between the two countries is the cornerstone of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. We have decided to create a separate roadmap for US-India defense industry cooperation. Also, he said that we are not even trying to establish NATO in the Indo-Pacific region. Lloyd Austin said to his friend Rajnath Singh (Rajnath Singh) Nice to meet you.
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Ministry of Defense issued a statement
After bilateral talks with the American Defense Minister, the Ministry of Defense said that today the issue of defense cooperation and increasing industrial cooperation between the two countries has been discussed. Also, there has been talk to establish peace in the Indo-Pacific region.
Not only this, both the countries are also committed towards the development of new technologies and it has also been said to promote cooperation between the defense start-ups of the two countries. Lloyd James Austin has also met NSA Ajit Doval. Both of them talked about promoting technology in the maritime sector.
