Rajnath Singh Thanks Pete Hegseth For US Support To India's Fight Against Terrorism
In the telephonic conversation, they had an excellent discussion to review the ongoing and new initiatives to further deepen India-US defence partnership
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed gratitude to US counterpart Pete Hegseth for America's support to India's fight against terrorism.
In the telephonic conversation, they had an excellent discussion to review the ongoing and new initiatives to further deepen India-US defence partnership and strengthen cooperation in capacity building.
Meanwhile, India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US counterpart Marco Rubio during the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting in Washington DC.
Jaishankar said that the world must display zero tolerance. 'Victims and perpetrators must never be equated. India has every right to defend its people against terrorism and we will exercise that right. We expect our Quad partners to understand and appreciate that India plans to host the next Quad Summit. We have some proposals on how to make that productive. I am sure so do our partners. We will discuss, and I am sure that we will agree," he said.
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