India and the United States will hold their third 2 + 2 ministerial meeting in New Delhi next week, the United States said on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Defense Chief Mike Esper will travel to New Delhi for day-long in-person meetings, rare given the Covid-19 pandemic and the global shift to virtual interactions. with their Indian counterparts S Jaishankar and Rajnath. Singh on October 27.
“Secretary Pompeo and I will be there next week,” Secretary Esper said at the Atlantic Council, a think tank, answering a question about the next 2 + 2. “It’s our second two plus two with the Indians, the third for the United States and India and it is very important. “
He added: “I think India will be the most important partner for us, in the Indo-Pacific for sure, in the century, and look, it is the largest democracy in the world, a very capable country, very talented people, and all the days, Chinese aggression in the Himalayas, specifically along that actual line of control. “
This will be the third edition of the 2 + 2 India-USA. That with India will host the first in 2018 in New Delhi; The United States hosted the second in Washington DC in 201.9.
An official announcement with the detailed itinerary of the meeting and the agenda was expected shortly.
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