2+2: India, US discuss Indo-Pacific ties

2+2: India, US discuss Indo-Pacific ties

AgenciesUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 03:26 AM IST
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New Delhi: India and the US discussed cooperation in defence, foreign policy and the Indo-Pacific region in a 2+2 inter-sessional meeting in New Delhi on Friday. The External Affairs Ministry in a statement said the inter-sessional meeting was set up following the first-ever India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held last year to make continued progress on bilateral cooperation on cross-cutting defence and foreign policy issues of interest to both sides.

“The two sides also exchanged views on regional developments as partners and stakeholders for a free, open, inclusive, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” the statement said. India, the US, Japan and Australia are part of a quad revived in 2017 that seeks to work for peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, a region that spreads from the east coast of Japan to the east coast of Africa.

The 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held in New Delhi in September 2018 was attended by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Defen­ce Minister Nirmala Sitha­r­a­man, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and then Defence Secretary Jim Mattis.
In Friday’s meeting, the Indian delegtion was led by Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (Americas) in the Ministry of External Affairs and S Kumaran, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence while the US team was led by Alice Wells, Principal Dy Assistant Secretary of State and Randall Schriver, Assistant Secy of Defence.

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