Overseas Secretary Vinay Kwatra has met a number of US senior officers, together with Deputy Secretary of Defence Kathleen Hicks, to undertake an in depth assessment of the progress on additional consolidating the bilateral strategic ties and mentioned their shared efforts to advertise stability and safety within the Indo-Pacific area.
Kwatra is within the US this week for a collection of conferences with senior officers of the US authorities and interplay with trade leaders to advance bilateral cooperation in areas like defence and know-how.
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Hicks and Kwatra mentioned priorities for strengthening the US-India defence partnership, together with the implementation of the roadmap for the US-India Defence Industrial Cooperation, Pentagon spokesperson Eric Pahon mentioned.
The 2 officers underscored the historic momentum within the Main Defence Partnership in help of a free and open Indo-Pacific, in line with an official assertion.
They applauded the efforts by each international locations to advance the co-production of fighter jet engines and armoured autos, in addition to the continued success of the India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) in selling innovation and partnerships between US and Indian researchers, entrepreneurs, and buyers, it mentioned.
Kwatra and Hicks additionally spoke concerning the significance of increasing the scope of US-India army engagements to strengthen cooperation throughout all domains whereas highlighting the shared efforts to advertise stability and safety within the Indo-Pacific, Pahon mentioned.
Additionally they mentioned a spread of regional safety points and dedicated to collaborating carefully in help of a shared imaginative and prescient for a free and open Indo-Pacific, the assertion mentioned, amidst China’s aggressive strikes within the area.
“The go to is consistent with the custom of standard high-level exchanges between the 2 international locations and supplied a chance to additional advance our rising and future-oriented partnership,” the assertion issued by the Indian Embassy right here mentioned.
Throughout his go to from April 10 to 12, Kwatra undertook an in depth assessment of the progress made in direction of additional consolidating the India-US Complete World Strategic Partnership, it mentioned.
Kwatra held conferences with Richard Verma, Deputy Secretary of State for Administration and Sources, Kurt Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State, in addition to different senior officers.
He additionally held discussions with key officers on the Nationwide Safety Council, the Division of Defence, the Division of Commerce and the Division of Vitality.
“These discussions spanned the complete gamut of India-US ties, rising defence and business ties, provide chain resilience and up to date regional developments,” the embassy mentioned.
The highest Indian diplomat additionally met with representatives of main assume tanks and chambers of commerce.
“USIBC was delighted to host Overseas Secretary @AmbVMKwatra for a breakfast assembly with our Board Chair and @Nasdaq Government Vice Chairman Ed Knight. They engaged in discussions on deepening funding channels, fostering innovation and know-how, and strengthening the business ties between our international locations,” the US-Indian Enterprise Council had mentioned on X.
