Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Washington, to hold bilateral meeting with US counterpart

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India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Washington, on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Singh’s office shared a picture of Rajnath Singh and said, “Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has landed in Washington DC. He is on an official visit to the United States.”

The US visit is from August 23 to 26, 2024, during which Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with Austin. He will also meet the US Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release on Wednesday, August 21.

The visit comes in the backdrop of the growing momentum in India-US relations and defense engagements at multiple levels.

The visit is expected to further deepen and broaden the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, the press release said.

A day earlier, Singh said that he would discuss areas of strategic interests and seek to strengthen defense cooperation, in a tweet posted on X.