With eye on China, India-US deepen defence ties

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: In a strong message to China at the conclusion of the third edition of the 2+2 Dialogue, United States secretary of state Michael
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sovereignty"
He also paid tributes to the memory of the 20 Indian troops killed in a clash with the Chinese PLA at the Galwan valley in the Ladakh sector
in mid-June.At the foreign and defence ministerial level dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday the two nations inked five pacts, including the
This is the third defence pact signed between India and the US in the past four years and it will enable India to use US geospatial
part of their existing Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership during the 2+2 talks on Tuesday.Hinting at China, external affairs
minister (EAM) S
face-off with China in the Ladakh sector, the US state department on its website interestingly quoted defence minister Rajnath Singh as
the presence of the other three participants of the Dialogue, US secretary of defence Mark T
Calling for concerted action against all terrorist networks, including Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and
action to ensure that no territory under its control is used for terrorist attacks, and to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators