Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 19th March. US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on Monday had a telephonic conversation with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to the Pentagon statement
Thay discussed ways and means to implement the India-US Defence Cooperation Roadmap which was concluded last year.
US appreciated the important role being played by the Indian Navy in conducting anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean Region.
India Ministry of Defence said that other defence industrial cooperation issues such as repair of US naval ships in Indian shipyards were also discussed.
Both discussed a range of bilateral, regional security and defence cooperation issues.
They reviewed the recent bilateral events such as the INDUS-X Summit held in New Delhi in February 2024, and the bilateral tri-service exercise ‘Tiger Triumph’ which commenced in India on Monday.
Austin and Rajnath met met in New Delhi in November 2023 during the India-US Ministerial 2+2 Dialogue.
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