In meet with Jaishankar, US defence secretary seeks completion of pending defence sales | India News

NEW DELHI: As international minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral assembly with US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, the latter expressed hope that the US can full a number of main pending defence sales to India and increase shared defence industrial cooperation. Noting mutual concern concerning the hazard of aggression within the Asia-Pacific area, in keeping with a US readout, the 2 reviewed pending defence sales, the signing of the subsequent ’10 Year Defence Framework’ and progress on superior tech coverage evaluations.The two nations had introduced plans to pursue new procurements and co-production preparations for Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and Stryker armoured autos. Talks are additionally on for procurement of six extra P-8I maritime patrol plane from US. Rubio ‘affirms power of India-US relations‘ The US is extra defence procurement by India additionally to cut back the bilateral commerce imbalance.Jaishankar informed Hegseth the India-United States defence partnership is at the moment really one of essentially the most consequential pillars of the connection. “It is not built merely on shared interests, but we believe really in deepening convergence of capabilities, of responsibilities, and what we do in the Indo-Pacific, we believe is absolutely crucial to its strategic stability,” he stated.Jaishankar additionally met his counterpart Marco Rubio who, in keeping with an American readout, affirmed the power of the US-India relationship, highlighting implementation of the US-India COMPACT which is able to improve collaboration on commerce, defence, vitality, countering unlawful immigration and counternarcotics. Jaishankar stated he mentioned bilateral partnership, together with commerce, whereas sharing views on regional and world developments.