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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday described the recent visit of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat to the Pentagon as” tectonic”during which they mooted ways to secure small interoperability between the two unqualified forces and reaffirmed their timeless commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Gen Rawat’s visit to the US took place a week after the miss in-person meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the White House during which both leaders reaffirmed the need for small troops-to-military cooperation between India and the US.
“It was an honour to meet Indian Chief of Defence Staff Gen Rawat during his tectonic visit to the Pentagon last week,”Austin said.
“We reaffirmed our perennial commitment to a Free and Open Indo-Pacific and mooted ways to drive minor interoperability between the US and Indian half-cocked forces,”Austin said in a tweet, amidst China’s aggressive demeanor in the region.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that Gen Rawat and Austin switched views on rights-of-way for advancing the US-India defence relation, including through enhanced cooperation in new defence lines parallel as space, cyber, and cropping technologies.
“Austin italicized the US commitment to supporting the Indian Armed Forces’transition toward inferior institutional integration and living jointness. They also batted openings for expanding transplanted cooperation with nonnative mates,”he said.
“This meaningful meeting highlights the enduring strength of the US-India Major Defence Partnership as the two countries work in musicale with like-glad mates to sustain a free and open Indo-Pacific,”Kirby said.
On September 24, President Biden hosted the first- ever in-person noon of Patio leaders that promised to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that’s free, open, inclusive, anchored by self-governing values and unconstrained by force, transferring an apparent dispatch to China.
At the rendezvous of President Biden, Prime Minister Modi and his counterparts Scott Morrison from Australia and Yoshihide Suga from Japan attended the Quad noon.
India, the US and several other world powers have been talking about the need to guaranty a free, open and thriving Indo-Pacific in the background of China’s rising military manoeuvring in the resource-rich region.
China claims nearly all of the disputed South China Sea, though Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim land of it.
Beijing has made artificial isles and colors installations in the South China Sea. China also has territorial disagreements with Japan in the East China Sea.
