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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay a four-day visit to the US beginning April 11 primarily to participate in the fourth edition of the India-US ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue.
Announcing the visit on Friday, the defence ministry said Singh is also scheduled to travel to the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) headquarters in Hawaii after his trip to Washington DC.
Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the ‘2+2’ dialogue with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 11 in Washington.
In a statement, the defence ministry said Singh will visit the US between April 11 and 14.
“The 2+2 dialogue will review bilateral cooperation across domains and chart out the way forward,” it said.
The ministry said Singh will separately meet US Defence Secretary Austin in the Pentagon to discuss defence cooperation including defence industrial collaboration and capability building through military-to-military engagements. “The defence minister is also scheduled to visit the Headquarters of US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) at Hawaii after his visit to Washington DC,” it said.
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), had said on Thursday that Jaishankar will visit the US from April 11 to 12.
The unfolding situation in Ukraine is expected to be discussed in the fourth edition of the dialogue.
