Jaishankar, Austin talk about new alternatives for bilateral defence industrial cooperation
By PTI
WASHINGTON: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin have mentioned new alternatives for bilateral defence industrial cooperation, a transfer which Pentagon stated would improve New Delhi’s contribution as a regional safety supplier.
Jaishankar, who’s on a four-day official journey to Washington, drove all the way down to the Pentagon on Monday for a gathering with Austin.
The two leaders reviewed precedence traces of effort to deepen bilateral protection cooperation, because the United States and India progress towards a extra superior stage of their partnership, in response to a Pentagon readout of the assembly.
Austin and Jaishankar dedicated to increasing information-sharing and logistics cooperation to drive deeper operational coordination between the US and Indian militaries.
“They also discussed new opportunities for bilateral defense industrial cooperation in support of India’s contributions as a regional security provider, including the launch of a new defence dialogue later this year as the United States and India work more closely together across space, cyber, artificial intelligence, and other technology areas,” the Pentagon stated.
During the assembly, the 2 leaders underscored the worth of the deepening collaboration between the US, India, Australia, Japan, and European companions.
In this context, the US seems to be ahead to working with India and like-minded companions to advertise safety, prosperity, and transparency all through the area, together with by way of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness, the Pentagon stated, amid China flexing muscle groups within the strategic area.
The United States, India, Japan and Australia have fashioned the Quad, a four-way grouping.
They have been stepping up cooperation in varied fields resembling defence and vitality amid China’s growing navy and financial clout within the area.
China claims almost the entire disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all declare components of it.
Beijing has constructed synthetic islands and navy installations within the South China Sea. China additionally has territorial disputes with Japan within the East China Sea.
The relations between India and China have soured over the incursion by Chinese troops in japanese Ladakh in May 2020, resulting in a protracted navy standoff that’s nonetheless unresolved.
On the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly final week, the Quad strongly opposed any unilateral actions that search to vary the established order or improve tensions within the Indo-Pacific, amidst China’s more and more intimidatory behaviour within the area.
Welcoming Jaishankar to the Pentagon, Austin recollected his current cellphone name with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
They exchanged views on a variety of problems with shared curiosity, spanning current developments in East Asia, the Indian Ocean Region, and the worldwide reverberations of the Ukraine disaster, the readout stated.
The Pentagon stated Austin and Jaishankar reaffirmed their dedication to working collectively as steadfast companions to advance the United States and India’s shared imaginative and prescient for a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
Meanwhile, after the assembly, Jaishankar tweeted, “Defence and Security cooperation is a key pillar of the contemporary India-US partnership. We noted the steady progress in policy exchange, interoperability, defence trade, service exercises and military-industrial cooperation.”
“Exchanged perspectives on the Ukraine conflict, Indo-Pacific developments, maritime challenges and regional issues,” he added.
WASHINGTON: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin have mentioned new alternatives for bilateral defence industrial cooperation, a transfer which Pentagon stated would improve New Delhi’s contribution as a regional safety supplier.
Jaishankar, who’s on a four-day official journey to Washington, drove all the way down to the Pentagon on Monday for a gathering with Austin.
The two leaders reviewed precedence traces of effort to deepen bilateral protection cooperation, because the United States and India progress towards a extra superior stage of their partnership, in response to a Pentagon readout of the assembly.
Austin and Jaishankar dedicated to increasing information-sharing and logistics cooperation to drive deeper operational coordination between the US and Indian militaries.
“They also discussed new opportunities for bilateral defense industrial cooperation in support of India’s contributions as a regional security provider, including the launch of a new defence dialogue later this year as the United States and India work more closely together across space, cyber, artificial intelligence, and other technology areas,” the Pentagon stated.
During the assembly, the 2 leaders underscored the worth of the deepening collaboration between the US, India, Australia, Japan, and European companions.
In this context, the US seems to be ahead to working with India and like-minded companions to advertise safety, prosperity, and transparency all through the area, together with by way of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness, the Pentagon stated, amid China flexing muscle groups within the strategic area.
The United States, India, Japan and Australia have fashioned the Quad, a four-way grouping.
They have been stepping up cooperation in varied fields resembling defence and vitality amid China’s growing navy and financial clout within the area.
China claims almost the entire disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all declare components of it.
Beijing has constructed synthetic islands and navy installations within the South China Sea. China additionally has territorial disputes with Japan within the East China Sea.
The relations between India and China have soured over the incursion by Chinese troops in japanese Ladakh in May 2020, resulting in a protracted navy standoff that’s nonetheless unresolved.
On the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly final week, the Quad strongly opposed any unilateral actions that search to vary the established order or improve tensions within the Indo-Pacific, amidst China’s more and more intimidatory behaviour within the area.
Welcoming Jaishankar to the Pentagon, Austin recollected his current cellphone name with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
They exchanged views on a variety of problems with shared curiosity, spanning current developments in East Asia, the Indian Ocean Region, and the worldwide reverberations of the Ukraine disaster, the readout stated.
The Pentagon stated Austin and Jaishankar reaffirmed their dedication to working collectively as steadfast companions to advance the United States and India’s shared imaginative and prescient for a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
Meanwhile, after the assembly, Jaishankar tweeted, “Defence and Security cooperation is a key pillar of the contemporary India-US partnership. We noted the steady progress in policy exchange, interoperability, defence trade, service exercises and military-industrial cooperation.”
“Exchanged perspectives on the Ukraine conflict, Indo-Pacific developments, maritime challenges and regional issues,” he added.
