India and the US have signed an agreement to facilitate transfer of defence technology during a 2+2 meeting of the top foreign affairs and defence leaders on growing strategic relations between the world’s largest and most powerful democracies.
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper participated jointly in the Second 2+2 Strategic Dialogue in Washington on Wednesday.
Singh said after the meeting: “Today’s 2+2 meeting was meaningful and successful in maintaining the momentum of the India-US relationship and taking it forward.”
The two nations “have convergence on views” on most International and bilateral issues and “the cooperation will be critical to the security and management of the global commons,” he added.
Counter-terror cooperation and the threat from Pakistan were also discussed.
Singh said that the Indian side had spoken up about the belligerent statement and the “incitements to anti-India violence by Pakistani leaders.”
