U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to pay 2-day visit to India from June 4
The Hindu
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay a two-day visit to India beginning to discuss ways to further expand the bilateral strategic engagement ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Washington.
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay a two-day visit to India beginning June 4 to discuss ways to further expand the bilateral strategic engagement ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Washington.
People familiar with Mr. Austin's visit said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the U.S. Defence Secretary are set to discuss a number of new defence cooperation projects that are set to be unveiled after Mr. Modi's talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington more than two weeks later.
China's aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region as well as along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and ways to combat the threat of terrorism are likely to figure in the talks between Mr. Singh and Mr. Austin on June 5, they said.
The U.S. Defence Secretary will arrive in India from Singapore on June 4 on a two-day visit, the Defence Ministry said.
It will be Mr. Austin's second visit to India. His previous trip to the country was in March 2021.
The Ministry said Germany's Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius will also visit New Delhi for bilateral talks with Mr. Singh that will take place on June 6.
A host of Bilateral Defence cooperation issues, with a focus on industrial cooperation, are likely to be discussed during Mr. Singh's meetings with Mr. Austin and Mr. Pistorius, it said.
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