A senior American diplomat will visit India next week for talks on strengthening bilateral defence ties, including maritime security, and supporting New Delhi’s role as a “Major Defence Partner”, the State Department has said.
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Clarke Cooper will travels to Singapore, India and Sri Lanka from May 29 to June 7.
In New Delhi, after attending the Shangri-La Dialogue from May 31 to June 2, Cooper will hold talks on defence cooperation and peacekeeping, two key areas of the rapidly growing US-India partnership as envisioned in the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.Read More…
