US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin is arriving on a three-day visit to India on Friday amid an escalation from China over the LAC. During this tour, Lloyd Austin will meet India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval.
The US Defense (Minister) Lloyd Austin is arriving on a three-day visit to India today amid the escalation of China over the LAC. This is the first visit by a minister of the Biden administration to India. During the visit, Lloyd Austin will meet India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and the NSA) to consider strengthening defense cooperation between the two countries. Saturday's talks between Austin may include ways to further strengthen Indo-US relations, boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region in view of China's aggressive tone, and the peace process in Afghanistan. This information was given by people with information about the case on Thursday. Austin, who has visited Japan and South Korea on his first foreign trip, will reach India on Friday.
The US Secretary of Defense is expected to meet with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Minister Jaishankar. Top leaders of India, the US, Japan and Australia will meet at the Quad conference a few days before Austin's upcoming India visit to key member of the Biden cabinet During the discussions in the Indo-Pacific region, there was a discussion on bilateral cooperation under the Quad framework in the talks between the defense ministers of the two countries, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
US Secretary of Defense (Minister) Lloyd Austin will pay tribute to the brave soldiers at the National War Memorial on Saturday morning. They will then reach the South Block directly, where they will be given a shared Guard of Honor of the Tri-Service (ie, Army, Air Force and Navy). After this, US Defense Secretary, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will participate in a bilateral conference with military and defense representatives of both countries will also be present. After the meeting, the two countries will also issue a joint statement.
According to the US Department of Defense, during this tour, Lloyd Austin along with his counterpart, Rajnath Singh, along with leaders of the National Security (NSA, etc.) strengthened defense-partnerships between India and the US, as an 'independent, Rich and open Indo-Pacific region and Western Indian Ocean '.
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