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New Delhi: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin arrived in India from Singapore on Sunday to further strengthen the defence partnership between the two nations.Upon his arrival, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, received the Pentagon Chief who kickstarted the third leg of his four-nation tour.Taking to Twitter, the US Defence Secretary wrote, "I’m returning to India to meet with key leaders
Singapore: Seeking dialogue over confrontation with the United States Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu warned that any conflict between the two nations would bring "unbearable disaster for the world", Al Jazeera reported.Li while speaking at Asia’s top security summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, on Sunday said that the world was big enough for China and the US to grow together."China and the US
More than a month ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington, India and the US on Wednesday held extensive talks focusing on operationalising their ‘Major Defence Partnership’ and co-development of military platforms. Boosting defence industrial cooperation, sharing of critical technology and having joint long-term research were also the focus of the 17th meeting of India-US
Singapore, India does not believe in partnering in military alliances but sees itself as an equal participant in all the mechanisms that it is a part of, Deputy National Security Adviser Vikram Misri said here on Saturday. Addressing delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), Misri said equality is at the heart of many of these
New Delhi: US Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin is set to arrive in India on an official visit, on Sunday, starting the third leg of this four-nation tour.He will depart from Singapore and will reach New Delhi to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with an aim to expand defence-industrial partnership.The visit holds particular significance considering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming state
Cape Town: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the US, saying that he refrains from indulging in politics when he goes abroad and will argue "vigorously" on his return to India.While not naming Rahul, Jaishankar said, "I may differ strongly with someone but how I counter it … I would like to go back at home and do
New Delhi: The United States Court has given the mandate that the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, the 26/11 Mumbai attacker, should occur, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said on Tuesday, adding that it is a sort of collaboration and cooperation where both the nations are working together "to bring terrorists to justice, and we won’t stop."Answering a question whether India can expect an early
New Delhi: United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the US will be an opportunity to elevate India-US relations to the next level, adding that America wants to work with India to make the Indo-Pacific safe as "We cannot have the Indo-Pacific without India.""Our leaders are good friends and our countries are great friends. This is
New Delhi: United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, on Tuesday, said that America did not mention "India a country of particular concern.""So this is an independent commission, part of the government that’s not the State Department. But it did not actually call India a country of particular concern," Envoy Garcetti said in an exclusive interview with ANI."It did highlight incidents as we
India and the United States are on the brink of finalizing a multi-billion dollar agreement to manufacture fighter jet engines in the country.The long-anticipated deal is expected to be finalised during the visit of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Delhi next week.Sources close to the matter have revealed that the highly significant deal is likely to be unveiled during Prime Minister