Everything You Need To Know About US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s trip to India
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s visit to India on March 19,The two sides will focus on ways to strengthen military-to-military engagement.
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Everything You Need To Know About US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s trip to India The visit is an affirmation that the Biden administration is likely to stay the course on the Trump administration’s tough approach to China, minus its unilateralist approach to foreign policy. The new US administration wants to work with a coalition of allies and partners in Beijing and New Delhi to top that list. US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s visit to India on March 19 gives some indication of the Biden administration’s strategic focus on the Indo-Pacific region. Austin, who will be in India from March 19 to 21, will have meetings with his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, and other senior government officials. The visit will boost the US-India defence partnership and bring about greater synergy in framing a cooperative agenda in nurturing “a free, prosperous, and open Indo-Pacific and Western Indian Ocean Region.” The two sides will focus on ways to strengthen military-to-military engagement and bilateral defence trade, including industry collaboration. They may also disc…
