Defense Minister Rajnath Singh holds bilateral meeting with US counterpart Lloyd Austin

Talks are to be held between India and America. During this, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave a guard of honor to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh at an honor ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington DC. Rajnath Singh is on a five-day visit to the US, which includes 2 2 ministerial talks between India and the US.

The talks are taking place amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting on Ukraine today. According to the schedule released by the US State Department, Blinken will meet Jaishankar at the State Department at 9:00 a.m. After that, Blinken, Austin, Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh will participate in the two India-US ministerial talks at the State Department.

The last 2 2 ministerial talks between the countries were held in New Delhi in October 2020. India and the United States held a bilateral Inter-sessional meeting in Washington in September last year and exchanged assessments on developments in South Asia, the Indo-Pacific region and the western Indian Ocean.