Hope to wrap up defence sales to India soon: US defence secy

The US has expressed hope that it can complete several major pending American defence sales to India, as it stressed that Washington and Delhi are “mutually aware” of the security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region.

- Press Trust of India

External affairs minister S Jaishankar met US defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday at the Pentagon and said he had a productive conversation on advancing the India-US defence partnership, building on growing convergences of interests, capabilities and responsibilities.

According to the Department of Defence (DoD) news article, Hegseth said the US and India are “mutually aware of the security concerns in the region, and both nations have the ability to counter that threat together.”

Hegseth also touched on US efforts to provide India with the tools needed to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific region, the DoD news said.