Mike Pompeo arrived in New Delhi on Monday for 2 + 2 inter-ministerial talks
New Delhi:
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark T Esper attended the wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial in the nation’s capital on Tuesday.
The 2 + 2 ministerial dialogue is expected to start at Hyderabad House around 10 a.m. They are also due to make a joint appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi around 1 p.m. at the Prime Minister’s residence.
Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Esper arrived in New Delhi on Monday for 2 + 2 inter-ministerial talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to be held on Tuesday.
The visit also comes at a time when India and China are locked in a serious military standoff along the Line of Effective Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
US officials will then travel to Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia.
On Monday, the two US secretaries held separate talks with their Indian counterparts – Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh.
Mr. Singh and Mr. Esper held talks yesterday in which the defense ministers of the two countries discussed bilateral defense cooperation covering “military-to-military cooperation, securing communication systems and sharing of defense. ‘information, defense trade and industrial issues’ and also discussed ways to take bilateral action. forward cooperation.
The Indian Ministry of Defense announced after the meeting between Esper and Singh that “the two ministers expressed their satisfaction to see the BECA agreement signed during the visit”.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also had a meeting where they agreed that the comprehensive US-India comprehensive strategic partnership is “essential to security and prosperity.” of the two countries, of the Indo-Pacific region and of the world.
Pompeo and Jaishankar discussed a wide range of issues during the meeting, from solving common challenges of COVID-19 and responding to regional security concerns, to collaboration on vaccine development and economic prosperity , according to the US state.
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