On Wednesday, the new US administration began its formal contacts with India’s top leadership as secretary of defence Lloyd Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reached out to their counterparts Rajnath Singh and Ajit Doval to discuss defence cooperation and the Indo-Pacific region.
A planned phone call between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his new US counterpart Antony Blinken will be an “important opportunity” to discuss bilateral and global issues, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday. Read More…
