2+2 Talks Will Reaffirm Importance Of Ties With India For Peace: US

Washington: The US on Thursday said its 2+2 dialogue with India will reaffirm the importance of the comprehensive and global strategic partnership between the two countries in ensuring international peace and security and the shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the fourth edition of the dialogue with US Defence Secretary Llyod Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on April 11 in Washington, the Office of the US State Department Spokesperson said. "This year's event will celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the importance of the US-India Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership in ensuring international peace and security. It will reaffirm our shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region," the spokesperson said in a release. "The 2+2 Ministerial is an important opportunity to advance our shared objectives across the breadth of the US-India Strategic Partnership, including enhancing our people-to-people ties and education cooperation, building diverse, resilient supply chains for critical and emerging technology, scaling up our climate action and public health cooperation, and developing a trade and investment partnership to increase prosperity for working families in both countries," it said. The dialogue is also a chance to highlight the growing major defense partnership between the United States and India, the statement said. "The relationship between the world's largest democracies is built on a foundation of common values and resilient democratic institutions, and the shared Indo-Pacific interests of a rules-based international order that safeguards sovereignty and territorial integrity, upholds human rights, and expands regional and global peace and prosperity," it said, in an apparent reference to China which has been acting aggressively in the region. In New Delhi, Arindam Bagchi, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), during a media briefing said the dialogue will provide an opportunity to exchange views on important regional and global developments and how both sides can work together to address common interests and concerns.

Washington: The US on Thursday said its 2+2 dialogue with India will reaffirm the importance of the comprehensive and global strategic partnership between the two countries in ensuring international peace and security and the shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the fourth edition of the dialogue with US Defence Secretary Llyod Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on April 11 in Washington, the Office of the US State Department Spokesperson said. "This year's event will celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the importance of the US-India Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership in ensuring international peace and security. It will reaffirm our shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region," the spokesperson said in a release. "The 2+2 Ministerial is an important opportunity to advance our shared objectives across the breadth of the US-India Strategic Partnership, including enhancing our people-to-people ties and education cooperation, building diverse, resilient supply chains for critical and emerging technology, scaling up our climate action and public health cooperation, and developing a trade and investment partnership to increase prosperity for working families in both countries," it said. The dialogue is also a chance to highlight the growing major defense partnership between the United States and India, the statement said. "The relationship between the world's largest democracies is built on a foundation of common values and resilient democratic institutions, and the shared Indo-Pacific interests of a rules-based international order that safeguards sovereignty and territorial integrity, upholds human rights, and expands regional and global peace and prosperity," it said, in an apparent reference to China which has been acting aggressively in the region. In New Delhi, Arindam Bagchi, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), during a media briefing said the dialogue will provide an opportunity to exchange views on important regional and global developments and how both sides can work together to address common interests and concerns.Washington: The US on Thursday said its 2+2 dialogue with India will reaffirm the importance of the comprehensive and global strategic partnership between the two countries in ensuring international peace and security and the shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the fourth edition of the dialogue with US Defence Secretary Llyod Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on April 11 in Washington, the Office of the US State Department Spokesperson said. "This year's event will celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the importance of the US-India Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership in ensuring international peace and security. It will reaffirm our shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region," the spokesperson said in a release. "The 2+2 Ministerial is an important opportunity to advance our shared objectives across the breadth of the US-India Strategic Partnership, including enhancing our people-to-people ties and education cooperation, building diverse, resilient supply chains for critical and emerging technology, scaling up our climate action and public health cooperation, and developing a trade and investment partnership to increase prosperity for working families in both countries," it said. The dialogue is also a chance to highlight the growing major defense partnership between the United States and India, the statement said. "The relationship between the world's largest democracies is built on a foundation of common values and resilient democratic institutions, and the shared Indo-Pacific interests of a rules-based international order that safeguards sovereignty and territorial integrity, upholds human rights, and expands regional and global peace and prosperity," it said, in an apparent reference to China which has been acting aggressively in the region. In New Delhi, Arindam Bagchi, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), during a media briefing said the dialogue will provide an opportunity to exchange views on important regional and global developments and how both sides can work together to address common interests and concerns.Washington: The US on Thursday said its 2+2 dialogue with India will reaffirm the importance of the comprehensive and global strategic partnership between the two countries in ensuring international peace and security and the shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the fourth edition of the dialogue with US Defence Secretary Llyod Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on April 11 in Washington, the Office of the US State Department Spokesperson said. "This year's event will celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the importance of the US-India Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership in ensuring international peace and security. It will reaffirm our shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region," the spokesperson said in a release. "The 2+2 Ministerial is an important opportunity to advance our shared objectives across the breadth of the US-India Strategic Partnership, including enhancing our people-to-people ties and education cooperation, building diverse, resilient supply chains for critical and emerging technology, scaling up our climate action and public health cooperation, and developing a trade and investment partnership to increase prosperity for working families in both countries," it said. The dialogue is also a chance to highlight the growing major defense partnership between the United States and India, the statement said. "The relationship between the world's largest democracies is built on a foundation of common values and resilient democratic institutions, and the shared Indo-Pacific interests of a rules-based international order that safeguards sovereignty and territorial integrity, upholds human rights, and expands regional and global peace and prosperity," it said, in an apparent reference to China which has been acting aggressively in the region. In New Delhi, Arindam Bagchi, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), during a media briefing said the dialogue will provide an opportunity to exchange views on important regional and global developments and how both sides can work together to address common interests and concerns.Washington: The US on Thursday said its 2+2 dialogue with India will reaffirm the importance of the comprehensive and global strategic partnership between the two countries in ensuring international peace and security and the shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the fourth edition of the dialogue with US Defence Secretary Llyod Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on April 11 in Washington, the Office of the US State Department Spokesperson said. "This year's event will celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the importance of the US-India Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership in ensuring international peace and security. It will reaffirm our shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region," the spokesperson said in a release. "The 2+2 Ministerial is an important opportunity to advance our shared objectives across the breadth of the US-India Strategic Partnership, including enhancing our people-to-people ties and education cooperation, building diverse, resilient supply chains for critical and emerging technology, scaling up our climate action and public health cooperation, and developing a trade and investment partnership to increase prosperity for working families in both countries," it said. The dialogue is also a chance to highlight the growing major defense partnership between the United States and India, the statement said. "The relationship between the world's largest democracies is built on a foundation of common values and resilient democratic institutions, and the shared Indo-Pacific interests of a rules-based international order that safeguards sovereignty and territorial integrity, upholds human rights, and expands regional and global peace and prosperity," it said, in an apparent reference to China which has been acting aggressively in the region. In New Delhi, Arindam Bagchi, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), during a media briefing said the dialogue will provide an opportunity to exchange views on important regional and global developments and how both sides can work together to address common interests and concerns.Washington: The US on Thursday said its 2+2 dialogue with India will reaffirm the importance of the comprehensive and global strategic partnership between the two countries in ensuring international peace and security and the shared commitment to a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the fourth edi