Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks on Friday morning forward of the excessive profile ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue.
Blinken and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are in Delhi for the fifth version of the ‘2+2’ overseas and defence ministerial dialogue which is geared toward taking ahead India-US futuristic roadmap for deeper strategic cooperation.
The Indian delegation on the talks will probably be led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar.
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The defence ministry stated quite a few strategic, defence and expertise points are anticipated to be mentioned on the ‘2+2’ dialogue and the bilateral assembly between Singh and Austin.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated the ‘2+2’ dialogue will allow a high-level evaluation of progress being made in cross-cutting features of defence and safety cooperation, expertise worth chain collaborations and people-to-people ties.
“The ministers will take the opportunity to progress the futuristic roadmap for the India-US partnership as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joseph Biden, in their discussions in June and September this year,” the MEA stated in a press release.
It stated each side can even take inventory of latest regional points and trade views about shared priorities for augmenting cooperation in multilateral platforms, and thru frameworks similar to Quad.