{"id":23131,"date":"2023-11-10T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T08:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/india-us-begin-talks-to-boost-partnership-amid-global-challenges\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T08:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T08:56:30","slug":"india-us-begin-talks-to-boost-partnership-amid-global-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-us-begin-talks-to-boost-partnership-amid-global-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"India, US begin talks to boost partnership amid \u2018global challenges\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Top cabinet officials of India and the United States held talks on Friday, stressing the need to further strengthen their friendship to be able to deal with urgent global, geopolitical challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called annual \u201c2+2 Dialogue\u201d between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and their Indian counterparts Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, aims to boost defence cooperation and align the policy objectives of the two countries in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Although Washington is preoccupied with the crises in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1788059\/street-combat-rages-in-gaza-as-biden-rules-out-ceasefire\">Gaza<\/a> and Ukraine, Friday\u2019s talks are expected to focus more on taking forward the India-US defence and strategic relationship and regional issues in South Asia and the larger Indian Ocean region, officials and analysts have said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefence remains one of the most important pillars of our bilateral relationship,\u201d Singh said in opening remarks at the meeting. \u201cIn spite of various emerging geopolitical challenges, we need to keep our focus on important and long-term issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two countries which were once on opposite sides of the Cold War are now working on landmark deals including for the US to supply and manufacture engines for Indian fighter jets, the supply of MQ-9 predator drones and cooperation in semiconductor manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Austin said it was more important than ever that the world\u2019s two largest democracies exchange views, find common goals, and deliver for our people, \u201cin the face of urgent global challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re integrating our industrial bases, strengthening our inter-operability, and sharing cutting-edge technology,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1775252\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The four officials are expected to pick up the threads from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1761117\">successful visit<\/a> to Washington in June and President Joe Biden\u2019s trip to New Delhi for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1775252\/india-brazil-russia-boast-success-as-g20-moot-ends\">G20 summit<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether we have been taking very concrete steps to deliver on the vision that our two leaders put forward,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are promoting a free and open, prosperous, secure and resilient Indo-Pacific, including by strengthening our partnership through the QUAD with Japan and Australia,\u201d he said, referring to the four-country grouping seen as an effort to counter China\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1786490\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jaishankar said the dialogue would help build \u201ca forward-looking partnership while we construct a shared global agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries are also expected to discuss their mutual concerns over China, days before Biden\u2019s expected meeting with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping next week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>India-US relations have steadily grown stronger on several fronts in the last two decades but New Delhi has also carefully preserved long-standing relations with Russia, much to the frustration of the West as the war in Ukraine drags.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top cabinet officials of India and the United States held talks on Friday, stressing the need to further strengthen their friendship to be able to deal with urgent global, geopolitical challenges. 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