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Washington: The Pentagon said Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat met his US counterpart General Mark Milley here on Thursday and they discussed a range of issues, including ways to ensure regional security and his respective roles as key military advisers to civilian leadership. Of.
Rawat’s visit comes a week after the first personal meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the White House during which the two leaders reaffirmed the need for greater military-to-military cooperation between India and the US.
Joint Staff spokesman Colonel Dave Butler said in a readout on the meeting between Miley and Rawat that the two leaders agreed to continue cooperation in training exercises and create more opportunities for increased interoperability between the two armies.
Butler said during a meeting at the Pentagon, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met and Rawat discussed a range of issues, including ways to ensure regional security and their respective roles as key military advisers to civilian leadership.
Earlier, General Milley and Mrs Milley welcomed General Rawat during the Armed Forces Full Honor Arrival Ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.
There, General Milley thanked General Rawat for his meritorious service and leadership, which has contributed greatly to the strengthening of the US-India partnership.
Also, General Rawat laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as part of his official visit.
Butler said the US and India share a strong military-to-military relationship under the US-India Major Defense Partnership, which supports a free and open Indo-Pacific.
On September 24, President Biden hosted the first-ever in-person summit of the Quad leaders, who vowed to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, anchored by democratic values and unrestricted by coercion, Sending a clear message. China.
At the invitation of President Biden, Prime Minister Modi and his counterparts Scott Morrison from Australia and Yoshihide Suga from Japan attended the Quad Summit.
India, the US and several other world powers are talking about the need to ensure a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s increasing military maneuvers in the resource-rich region.
China claims almost all of the disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea. China also has territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea.
According to a White House fact sheet, after concluding four major defense enabling agreements since 2016, the US and India have made significant progress as major defense partners and the US enhance information sharing, bilateral and multilateral exercises, maritime security cooperation, connectivity. Looking forward to expanding. officer exchanges, and military cooperation.
Taking forward the US-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), the United States and India agreed in July on a USD 22 million project to co-develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles. DTTI currently comprises four working groups, and the next meeting of senior officials later this year will further expand defense industrial cooperation, it said.
The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with the Indian military, which has offered state-of-the-art capabilities, such as the F/A-18, F-15EX, and F-21 fighter aircraft; MQ-9B unmanned aerial system; IADWS missile system; and additional P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, it said.
During the meeting between Modi and Biden on September 24, the US President reaffirmed the strength of defense ties between the two countries.
Biden reaffirmed India’s position as a major defense partner through information sharing, logistics and military-to-military interaction, strengthening cooperation in advanced military technologies and expanding engagement in a multilateral framework, including regional partners. voiced America’s unwavering commitment to .
The two leaders welcomed the intensification of advanced industrial cooperation. In this context, he referred to the recent project for co-development of air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, and encouraged more such joint efforts, as The statement was issued after the US-India joint leaders. Modi-Biden meeting.
He also called upon the government and private stakeholders to utilize the existing ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in defense industries for co-development, co-production and expansion of mutual defense trade, the statement said. –PTI
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